Lightnin hopkins-Going back to Florida

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  1. OSCARGP32 said:

    Wink Lightnin hopkins-Going back to Florida

    Hi may I ask for some help either of Lightnin hpkins,

    Iīm trying to figure out the lyrics from a song that I did not find in any list Iguess it is calle d going back to florida as that is the first sentence in the song but itīs got nothing to do with going back home

    this one says going back to Flori.. where you got the ...you got the home Going back
    I Ainīt go pick no cotton I ainīt go pull no coal etc...

    Need help please !!!!!!
     
  2. sundiegojc said:

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    From the 1963 John Hammond version....
    Goin' back to Florida, where you got to plow, you got to ***
    You got to do one of the two, cause there ain't nothing else to do
    You aught to been in Florid, nineteen and ten
    Bud Russell drove pretty women like he did ugly men

    I ain't gonna pick no cotton, I ain't gonna pull no corn
    If a mule gonna run away to the woods, poor John wouldn't tell that mule whoa!

    My mama called me, I answered ma'am
    Said son. ain't you tired of workin', I said, mama, yes I am
    My papa called me, I answered, sir
    Said, son if you tired of workin', what the hell you stayin' here for?

    I ain't gonna pick no cotton, I ain't gonna pull no corn
    If a mule gonna run away to the woods, poor John wouldn't tell that mule whoa!