Jump Down, Spin Around Songtext
von Harry Belafonte

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, Spin Around and cook a mess o′greens,
Gotta Jump Down, Spin Around and cook a pot a day
Gotta cook a mess o′greens
Gotta Jump Down, Spin Around and 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 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,
Gotta Jump Down, Spin Around and sweat a pail a day
Gotta sweat a pail a day
Gotta Jump Down, Spin Around and sweat a pail o′ water
Gotta Jump Down, Spin Around and sweat a pail a day