Cabin in the Cotton

Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. He was associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he was a regular performer and became a popular vocalist of the swing era. His niche of mixing jazz and vaudeville won him acclaim during a career that spanned over 65 years.Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the most popular dance bands in the United States from the early 1930s to the late 1940s. His band included trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Jonah Jones, and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, guitarist Danny Barker, bassist Milt Hinton, and drummer Cozy Cole.Calloway had several hit records in the 1930s and 1940s, becoming known as the "… more »

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There's a cabin in the southland,
Where I long to go.
Little cabin in the cotton, 
Where the cotton grows.

There's a cabin in the cotton,
Far away but not forgotten,
And in every recollection, 
That's where my affection strays. 

I got a feeling so sentimental,
And I see a smile so gentle,
When I think of old Virginnie 
And my pickaninny days. 

We took the good and we took the evil.
Laughter and song, and the old boll weevil.
Time has gone by, now here am I, 
Wishing that I only knew...

How to wake up in the morning,
In the cabin I was born in.
Little cabin in the cotton,
I have not forgotten you.

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Big Band

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Written by: FRANK S PERKINS, MITCHELL PARISH

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