"Cotton Song" is a work song chanted by field workers bailing cotton. It describes Judgment Day, when people will be set free. The chant also expresses a fear of God and the need to be a good soul before Judgment Day.
Thematically, "Cotton Song" expresses a fear of an omnipresent God and his judgment against sinners. The lyrics also associate manual labor.....
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