Cotton Fields Lyrics by Lead Belly. Verse 1. When I was a little baby My mother would rock me in the cradle In them old, old cotton fields at home When I was a little baby ...

Lead Belly's versions of both became so popular, especially among fellow musicians, ... 'Willy' also features a take on 'Cottonfields,' the Lead Belly original. Categories: Lists, ...

In 1988, in the centennial year of his birth, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, honored as one of the early major influences.

Lead Belly would pick up songs "like a sponge" as he travelled the Deep South and re-work them. Songs discussed in part one include Black Betty, Pick A Bale Of Cotton, Cotton Fields ...

Heudi Ledbetter, ace negro blues singerr, known to many as "Leadbelly," the only twelve-string guitar player in America and one-time ...