MEDLEY (PICK A BALE OF COTTON / ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY / MIDNIGHT SPECIAL) (Trad: B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus) First release 1978 Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale of cotton Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale a day Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale of cotton Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale a day Oh Lawdy, pick a bale of cotton Oh Lawdy, pick a bale a day Oh Lawdy, pick a bale of cotton Oh Lawdy, pick a bale a day I say me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of cotton Now me and my buddy gonna pick a bale a day I say me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of cotton Now me and my buddy gonna pick a bale a day Oh Lawdy, pick a bale of cotton Oh Lawdy, pick a bale a day Oh Lawdy, pick a bale of cotton Oh Lawdy, pick a bale a day ... On top of old smokey all covered with snow I lost my true lover by courting so slow For courtening's a pleasure and parting is grief and a fals-hearted lover is worse then a thief On top of old smokey all covered with snow I lost my true lover by courting so slow ... When you wake up in the morning you hear the ding dong ring you go marching to the table see the same old thing see the forl on the table nothing in your pan if you say a thing about it you're in trouble with a man Let the midnight special shine a light on me Let the midnight special shine it's everloving light on me If you ever go to Houston well, you'd better act right and you'd better not gamble and you'd better not fight for the sherrif will arrest you and will take you down and before you understand it you're a prison bound Let the midnight special shine a light on me Let the midnight special shine it's everloving light on me (on me, on me) (repeat and fade)