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〕 | Producer = Alabama Larry Michael Lee Josh Leo | Last single = "Fallin' Again" (1988) | This single = "Song of the South" (1988) | Next single = "If I Had You" (1989) | Misc = }} "Song of the South" is a song written by Bob McDill. First recorded by American country music artist Bobby Bare on his 1980 album ''Drunk & Crazy'', a version by Johnny Russell reached number 57 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' country chart in 1981. Another cover by Tom T. Hall and Earl Scruggs peaked at number 72 in 1982 from the album ''Storyteller and the Banjo Man''. A cover released in November 1988 by American country music group Alabama, from their album ''Southern Star'', reached number 1 on both the U.S. and Canadian country charts. ==Content== The song tells the story of a poor Southern cotton farm-family during the Great Depression. ''"Cotton on the roadside, cotton in the ditch. We all picked the cotton but we never got rich."'' ''"Well, somebody told us Wall Street fell, but we was so poor that we couldn't tell."'' The song references President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal in the line, ''"The cotton was short and the weeds was tall, but Mr. Roosevelt's gonna save us all."'' The father of the family is a Southern Democrat; ''"Daddy was a veteran, a southern democrat. They oughta get a rich man to vote like that."'' The family loses the farm after the mother becomes ill. ''"The county got the farm and they moved to town."'' In the end, the family ends up living comfortably well, having sought a life in a more urban location; ''"Well, papa got a job with the TVA, we bought a washing machine, and then a Chevrolet."'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Song of the South (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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