Cotton Fields

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Cotton Fields is a song by the American blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly . He made the first recording of the song in 1940. Cotton Fields is a classic of American folk and has been interpreted in numerous recordings by other musicians, including Odetta , Esther & Abi Ofarim , Harry Belafonte , Trini Lopez , Elvis Presley , The Carter Family , Johnny Cash , Buck Owens , Bill Monroe , Petula Clark , The Beach Boys , Creedence Clearwater Revival , Elton John , The Pogues , Udo Jürgens and Die Rhöner Säuwäntzt .