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==Lyrics==
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==Credits==
|title      = Red Cotton
* Written by: '''[[Elvis Costello]]'''
|writer      = [[Elvis Costello]]
|performer  = [[Elvis Costello]]
|musicians  =
|producer    = [[T Bone Burnett]]
|record_info  = March 31-April 2, 2008, Sound Emporium Studio, Nashville
|release_info = June 2, 2009
|length      =  
|albums = [[Secret, Profane & Sugarcane]], 2009
|singles =
|collections  =
|soundtracks      =
|various_artists    =
|videos      =
}}<br>


==Discography==
{{song notes
This '''unreleased''' song is intended for Elvis' chamber opera [[The Secret Songs Of Hans Christian Andersen]].
|background = Written for Elvis' unfinished chamber opera [[The Secret Songs]].
|first = [[Concert 2005-10-08 Copenhagen|October 8, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark]]
|last =
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==Covers==
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* none
| quote = ‘Red Cotton’ imagines [P.T. Barnum] reading an Abolitionist pamphlet while sewing red-dyed scraps of Lind's garment, even as he confronts the burden of guilt attached to its very threads.
| source    = [http://elviscostello.com/news/journal.php?uid=60 elviscostello.com], March 23, 2009.
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==Bootlegs==
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* none
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* ''This section may be incomplete.''


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==Internal links==
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*[[Gigography]]
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==External links==  
==Internal Links==  


==External Links==
[[Category:2009]]
[[Category:Songs]]
[[Category:Songs]]
[[Category:Unreleased songs]]
[[Category:Lyrics]]
[[Category:The Secret Songs]]
[[Category:The Secret Songs]]
[[Category:Lyrics needed]]
[[Category:Secret, Profane & Sugarcane]]
[[Category:Secret, Profane & Sugarcane]]

Revision as of 19:37, 19 April 2009
Red Cotton
Written byElvis Costello
Performed byElvis Costello
Produced byT Bone Burnett
RecordedMarch 31-April 2, 2008, Sound Emporium Studio, Nashville
ReleasedJune 2, 2009
AlbumsSecret, Profane & Sugarcane, 2009

Background:
 Written for Elvis' unfinished chamber opera The Secret Songs.
First known performance:
 October 8, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark
     (30 known performances)


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“‘Red Cotton’ imagines [P.T. Barnum] reading an Abolitionist pamphlet while sewing red-dyed scraps of Lind's garment, even as he confronts the burden of guilt attached to its very threads.” — elviscostello.com, March 23, 2009.

Secret, Profane & SugarcaneSecret Profane And Sugarcane album cover medium.jpg


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