Expert: Mel Priddle - 11/6/2008

Question
I have been looking for this particular song for about 25 years now.The beginning or the chorus went like  "theres a house on a hill, by a worn down weathered old mill, and the valley below , where the river winds."

Answer
Hello Marcel,

That's a Gordon Lightfoot song from 1971 called "Cotton Jenny". It was recorded by, and a Country hit for Anne Murray in 1972. It has also been recorded by Frank Ifield, Charlie Landsborough, Mick Flavin, and Lynn Anderson.


There's a house on a hill
By a worn down weathered old mill
In the valley below where the river winds
Theres no such thing as bad times

And a soft southern flame
Oh, Cotton Jenny's her name
She wakes me up when the sun goes down
And the wheels of love go round

Wheels of love go round
Love go round, love go round
A joyful sound
I aint got a penny
For Cotton Jenny to spend
But then the wheels go round

When the new day begins
I go down to the cotton gin
And I make my time worthwhile to them
Then I climb back up again

And she waits by the door
Oh, Cotton Jenny, I'm sore
And she rubs my feet while the sun goes down
And the wheels of love go round

Wheels of love go round
Love go round, love go round
A joyful sound
I aint got a penny
For Cotton Jenny to spend
But then the wheels go round

In the hot, sickly South
When they say "Well, shut my mouth"
I can never be free from the cotton grind
But I know I got what's mine

She's a soft Southern flame
Oh, Cotton Jenny's her name
She wakes me up when the sun goes down
And the wheels of love go round

Wheels of love go round
Love go round, love go round
A joyful sound
I aint got a penny
For Cotton Jenny to spend
But then the wheels go round
Wheels go round
Wheels go round


Glad to be of help. Cheers.........Mel.