Jane Fallon and Mike Worrall - Cotton Jenny

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There's a house on a hill
By a run down weathered old mill
In the valley below where the river winds
There's no such thing as hard times
And a soft southern flame
Oh Cotton Jenny's her name
she wakes him up when the sun goes down
And the wheels of love go round

Wheels of love go round
Love go round, love go round
joyful sound
He ain't got a penny for Cotton Jenny to spend
But the wheels go round

When a new day begins
He goes down to the cotton gin
And he makes his time worth while to them
Then he climbs back up a-gain
And she waits by the door
Oh Cotton Jenny he's sore
And she rubs his feet while the sun goes down
And the wheels of love go round

Wheels of love go round
Love go round, love go round
joyful sound
He ain't got a penny for Cotton Jenny to spend
And the wheels go round


In the hot, sickly south
Where they say we'll shut my mouth
He can never be free from the cotton grind
But he knows he's got what's fine
A soft southern flame
Oh Cotton Jenny's her name
And she wakes him up when the sun goes down
And the wheels of love go round

Wheels of love go round
Love go round, love go round
joyful sound
He ain't got a penny for Cotton Jenny to spend
But the wheels go round
Love go round,
Love go round.

Words and Music by Gordon Lightfoot, 1971