Lyrics Laura Veirs – Jump Down Spin Around

Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale a day
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale a day

Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale a day
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale a day

I saw skeeter on my head
Blinked his eye and I killed him dead

Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch o’turnip
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch a day
Gotta weed a patch o’ turnip
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch o’turnip
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch a day

I saw a gal in calico
She tripped and fell, and she didn’t say hello

Gotta jump down, cook a mess o’greens
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a pot a day
Gotta jump down, cook a mess o’greens
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a pot a day…

I got a pig who’s nice and greasy
All you ladies shake it easy

Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail o’ water
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail a day
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail o’ water
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail a day

I don’t know but I’ve been told
A gopher really don’t live in a hole

Gotta jump down, spin around and sweat a pail o’ water