Floatin' Down to Cotton Town" is an older tune that was covered by various artists, including Fats Waller. The song celebrates the joys of returning to the South, particularly to a place called"Cotton Town." Here are some of the lyrics:
Floatin' down to Cotton Town,
Jubilee is in the air,
Floatin' down to Cotton Town,
Meetin' ev'rybody there.
The cotton fields are wide,
By the river side,
I'll be tickled to death,
When I get on that Swanee shore,
I'll stay away no more.
Goin' back to Dixie, once more to see them all;
I hear them callin', yoo-hoo,
I know I'll never more roam,
I hear the South callin' me home,
To Dixieland, where I belong.
