Oh Singer Lyrics - Jeannie C. Riley

Oh singer, sing me an old song yeah 

Oh singer, sing me an old song 

Sing me an old song about cotton bales 

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 a coal shovellin' fireman on the L&N rail 

Let me gather 'round the fire with all the people in the depot 

'Cause in my life, singer, I'll never ride those coal fired 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 

Made it without the big corporations 

And I wanna feel how the people lived when life was slow 

Oh singer, take me to the river 

Let me ride the big river boat down to New Orleans 

Let me lean overboard and wash my hands in the Mississipi water 

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

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 

Made it without the big corporations 

And I wanna feel how the people lived when life was slow 

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

And I wanta know how the people 

Made it without a big corporation 

And I wanta feel how the people lived when life was slow 

Oh singer, sing me an old song, yeah 

Sing me an old song about cotton bales 

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 in the fields