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Pick a Bale of Cotton
“Jump down, turn around, pick a bowl of cherries,” are the lyrics we usually sing today but the original contained: “Jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton. Gotta jump down, turn around, Oh, Lordie, pick a bale a day.”
The song talks about plantation life as a slave and is seen as making fun of such conditions.
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