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worked in the cotton field all day long
Picking that cotton and singing a song
There's one thing that keeps me going
Knowing what's waiting when I get home
Allemande your corner lady, dosado around your own
Men star by the left go one time around and then
You turn your partner by the right and your corner allemande
Come back and swing your own and promenade the land
Cornbread, beans, and sweet potatoe pie
Eat'm every day until I die
Love my mama, I'm the apple of her eye
Cornbread, beans, and sweet potatoe pie

Head couples promenade go halfway around
Two and four go right and left thru and turn that lady there
Square thru four hands you go all the way around the floor
Dosado with the outside two then you do an eight chain four
Cornbread, beans, and sweet potatoe pie
Swing thru, boys trade, girls turn back and promenade
Cornbread, beans, and sweet potatoe pie
Eat'm every day until I die
Love my mama, I'm the apple of her eye
Cornbread, beans, and sweet potatoe pie

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Mama gets busy when the kinfolk come
The kids get together and have a lot of fun
When little babies start to cry
They fill his mouth with sweet potatoe pie
Allemande your corner lady, dosado around your own
Men star by the left go one time around and then
You turn your partner by the right and your corner allemande
Come back and swing your own, and promenade the land
Cornbread, beans, and sweet potatoe pie
Eat'm every day until I die
Love my mama, I'm the apple of her eye
Cornbread, beans, and sweet potatoe pie