Cottonfield Widow's Wail

down in the delta where the cotton feels sweet river runs muddy carrying my pain away work these hands raw under that burning sun boss man's whip cracking but my spirit ain't done lost my baby to the fever last spring rain now i'm howling at the moon calling out her name oh the blues come calling in the dead of night wrap around my heart like a lonesome fight guitar weeping low harmonica sigh singing about the sorrow that won't let me die but i'll rise up slow with a fire inside blues got my story but i won't be denied train whistle blowing from the midnight track leaving behind the chains that hold me back mama prayed hard in that shotgun shack taught me to bend but never break that's a fact friends turn to shadows when the hard times came but the rhythm in my soul keeps the flame oh the blues come calling in the dead of night wrap around my heart like a lonesome fight guitar weeping low harmonica sigh singing about the sorrow that won't let me die but i'll rise up slow with a fire inside blues got my story but i won't be denied oh the blues come calling in the dead of night wrap around my heart like a lonesome fight guitar weeping low harmonica sigh singing about the sorrow that won't let me die but i'll rise up slow weeping low harmonica sigh singing about the sorrow that won't let me die but i'll rise up slow with a fire inside blues got my story but i won't be denied won't be denied my old friend we'll walk together till the very weeping low harmonica sigh singing about the sorrow that won't let me die but i'll rise up slow