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Cotton Chopping Song
Traditional Spiritual and Gospel Song;
ARTIST: from the Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs. Olivia and Jack Solomon, eds., Honey in the Rock: The Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs from Sumter County, Alabama (Mercer University Press, 1991, p. 31)
Nina Simone- Sinnerman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6_BWNzThJY
Mattie Moss Clark & The Southwest Michigan State Choir "Oh Sinner You Can't Hide From God" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qsCEW4rhVE
CATEGORY: Traditional and Shape-Note Gospel;
DATE: 1800s
RECORDING INFO: Cotton Chopping Song
Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs
Spiritualaires of Columbia, S.C. Can't Hide Sinner VJ 1956
Tartt Collection. Can't Hide Sinner, You Can't Hide
Parrish, Lydia Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands 1942
OTHER NAMES: "Oh Sinner You Can't Hide"
RELATED TO: "Oh Sinner Man" also "No Hiding Place" and other "Hide A Me" songs
SOURCES: Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs
Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands By Lydia Parrish 1942
WFMU http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/13272
NOTES: "Cotton Chopping Song" or "You Can't Hide (Sinner)" is an African-American spiritual from the Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs. The title indicates it was collected as a work song. The first lines relate to the "great gettin' up morning" or "great gittin' up day" songs as found in Johnson (book 2 p. 40) and other spirituals. The second part is from the "Can't Hide Sinner" songs.
An early version titled "Can't Hide Sinner" appears in the 1942 book, Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands by Lydia Parrish. The spiritual, closely related to "Oh Sinner Man" or "Sinner Man," has been adapted by white and black groups. Versions differ widely- listen to Nina Simone- Sinnerman on YOUTUBE above for an example of the next two excerpts:
SINNER MAN
Oh, sinner man, where you gonna run to?
Oh, sinner man, where you gonna run to?
Oh, sinner man, where you gonna run to?
Oh, sinner man, where you gonna run to all on that day?
Run to the moon, "Moon won't you hide me?"
Run to the sea, "Sea won't you hide me?"
Run to the sun, "Sun won't you hide me all on that day?"
Oh Sinner Man- Johnson Girls
Oh, sinner man, where you gonna run to
Oh, sinner man, where you gonna run to
Oh, sinner man, where you gonna run to
All on that day
Run to the rock, rock he was a-meltin' (x3)
All on that day
Run to the sea, sea she was a-boilin'(x3)
All on that day
OH! SINNER MAN- Noble, 1911
Gilbert Clifford Noble, 1911, "The Most Popular Plantation Songs," Hinds, Noble and Eldredge, Publishers, NYC. P. 97, with score. No notes provided.
Chorus: Oh! sinner, Oh! sinner man...
Oh! sinner, Oh! which way are you going?
1. Oh! come back, sinner, and don't go there,
Which way are you going?
For hell is deep and dark despair,
Oh! which way are you going?
2. Tho' days be dark and nights be long,
Which way are you going?
We'll shout and sing till we get home,
Oh! which way are you going?
3. 'Twas just about the break of day,
Which way are you going?
My sins forgiv'n and soul set free,
Oh! which way are you going?
Can't Hide Sinner- Spiritualaires of Columbia, S.C. VJ 1956
Oh sinner, tell me where you gonna run to on judgment day- oh
CHORUS Oh you can't hide sinner
(Oh you can't hide)
Oh you can't hide sinner
(Oh you can't hide)
Oh you can't hide sinner
(Oh you can't hide)
Oh you can't sinner- you can't hide.
(Rpeat Chorus)
VAMP- Group sings: (Oh sinner)
(where you gonna run to)
(Oh sinner)
(where you gonna run to)
CHORUS 2 Where you goin' sinner?
(Oh you can't hide)
Where you gonna hide?
(Oh you can't hide)
Where you goin' sinner?
(Oh you can't hide)
Oh you can't sinner- you can't hide.
VAMP leader sings (ad lib responses)
Another day's journey
I'm on my way
The rocks cry out
No hiding place
Run to the sea,
The sea can't hide
Run to the sea,
The sea can't hide
CHORUS
VAMP leader sings (ad lib responses)
Oh Lord
I get down on my knees
I call Jesus
Hear my heart
Early one morning
Before the break of day
I asked the lord
To take my sins away
Can't Hide Sinner- Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands By Lydia Parrish 1942
You may run the rock,
(Can't Hide)
For a hiding place
(Can't Hide)
And the rock cry out,
(Can't Hide)
You can't hide sinner, you can't hide.
You may run the sea,
(Can't Hide)
For a hiding place
(Can't Hide)
And the sea cry out,
(Can't Hide)
You can't hide sinner, you can't hide.
Oh sinner man,
(Can't Hide)
What you gonna do
(Can't Hide)
In de Judgement day,
(Can't Hide)
You can't hide sinner, you can't hide.
You may run the grave,
(Can't Hide)
For a hiding place
(Can't Hide)
And the grave cry out,
(Can't Hide)
You can't hide sinner, you can't hide.
You may run the church,
(Can't Hide)
For a hiding place
(Can't Hide)
And the church cry out,
(Can't Hide)
You can't hide sinner, you can't hide.
You may run the mount'n,
(Can't Hide)
For a hiding place
(Can't Hide)
And the mount'n cry out,
(Can't Hide)
You can't hide sinner, you can't hide.
Can't Hide Sinner, You Can't Hide- Honey in the Rock: The Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs By Olivia Solomon
When you running,
(Sinner you can't hide)
When you running,
(Sinner you can't hide)
When you running,
(Sinner you can't hide)
Can't hide sinner, you can't hide.
My mother dying,
(Can't Hide)
My mother dying,
(Can't Hide)
My mother dying,
(Can't Hide)
Can't hide sinner, you can't hide.
Why'd you run to de mountain,
(Can't Hide)
Why'd you run to de mountain,
(Can't Hide)
Why'd you run to de mountain,
(Can't Hide)
Can't hide sinner, you can't hide.
Turn your bed around,
(Sinner you can't hide)
Turn your bed around,
(Sinner you can't hide)
Turn your bed around,
(Sinner you can't hide)
Can't hide sinner, you can't hide.
I went to de rock,
(Can't Hide)
For a hiding place
(Can't Hide)
And the rock cry out,
(Can't Hide)
Can't hide sinner, you can't hide.
Cotton Chopping Song- Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs
What you gwineter to in dat great gettin'-up mornin'
When hits fire rainin' on down?
Go to the mountain,
Mountain cried out,
You can't hide.
Sinner, what you gwineter to in dat great gettin'-up mornin'
When hits fire rainin' on down?
Go to the rock,
De rock cried out,
You can't hide.
Mother, what you gwineter to in dat great gettin'-up mornin'
When hits fire rainin' on down?
Go to the Lord,
Lord cried out,
You can't hide.
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