Jeannie C. Riley - Oh Singer Lyrics

Oh singer sing me an old song yeah

Oh singer sing me an old song sing me an old song about cotton place

Tell me how the good earth feels down in the high white cotton yeah

Cause in my life I'll never get to walk on my knees in the fields



Oh singer sing about the railroad

Sing about the coal shovellin' on the Elliney rail

Let me get a ride afar with all the people in the depot

Cause in my life singer I'll never ride those coal black trains



Take me back oh singer take me back

I'm livin' a life I can't slow down cept with a song

And I wanna know how the people make it without big corporations

And I wanna feel how the people live when life is old



Oh singer take me to the river

Let me ride the big river boat down to New Orleans

Let me lean up aboard and wash my hands in the Mississippi water

Cause singer I can only ride that boat in a song you sing



Take me back oh singer take me back...

Oh singer sing me an old song...

In the fields