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Old King Cotton Need A Little Bit Of Rain

from That's The Way It Goes by T. R. Munday

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Rhymed narrative ballad with a nice contrast between the guitar rhythm and lead lines in a modified Carter style of playing. It tells an age old story. No rain coming when the farmer needs it.

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Old King Cotton Need A Little Bit Of Rain
copyright T R Munday

Old king cotton need a little bit of rain
If you want him to grow
Old King cotton need a little bit of rain
That's somethin' that I know

It was dry last winter
December was no rain
It was dry last winter
January was the same

Old king cotton need a little bit of rain
If you want him to grow
Old King cotton need a little bit of rain
That's somethin' that I know

It looked like rain last Thursday
Friday it was dry
It looked like rain last Thursday
But it just passed us by

Old king cotton need a little bit of rain
If you want him to grow
Old King cotton need a little bit of rain
That's somethin' that I know

Four hundred pounds of cotton seed
Sittin' in the ground
Four hundred pounds of cotton seed
Rain's not comin' round

Old king cotton need a little bit of rain
If you want him to grow
Old King cotton need a little bit of rain
That's somethin' that I know

No rain here tomorrow
No rain here yesterday
No rain here tomorrow
And there ain't no rain today

Old king cotton need a little bit of rain
If you want him to grow
Old King cotton need a little bit of rain
That's somethin' that I know

There's hard times a-comin'
This here's a regular drought
There's hard times a-comin'
Of that I have no doubt

Old king cotton need a little bit of rain
If you want him to grow
Old King cotton need a little bit of rain
That's somethin' that I know
That's one thing that I know

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from That's The Way It Goes, released December 11, 2017
photography - Marina Shemesh

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T. R. Munday Chicago, Illinois

If you enjoy the Blues, check out Anni Piper's vocals and her great bass guitar: annipiper.bandcamp.com

T. R. Munday resides in Northern Illinois, by way of Texas and California.
Musically, he has been most influenced by Mississippi John Hurt, Johnny Cash, and a whole host of Mississippi Delta and Chicago Bluesmen. ... more

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