Story Behind The Song
Story about slavery
| Song Length |
3:33 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary |
Lyrics
The Cotton Tales
V1
Soldier, my daddy was a soldier
He was told to carry a riffle
Fought the white man`s war
Cotton, my daddy grew cotton
Survived in a driftwood shack
They worked him like a dog
Chorus
Tales of cotton
Lining a planter`s pocket
This is not a protest song but
A fight for freedom and be freed
V2
Sailor, my daddy was a sailor
Keeping hell from damnation
Glide along the Spanish coast
Whip man, my daddy was a whip man
There`s fury in the fields
Message from a faraway war
Chorus
Bridge
These winds will embrace our swelling sail
Our free bark salutes the rising gale
V3
Dead man, my daddy is a dead man
His body woven in a sailing cloth
Oh trade winds carry him home
Jesus, oh my tender Jesus
Help me make this journey and
Save this poor soul of mine
Chorus
Lyrics: John Knight/Erwin de Ruiter Music: Erwin de Ruiter, August 2013