路過一中街看到小巷內有棉花

棉花(英語:cotton)或棉,是錦葵科棉屬植物,或指其種子纖維。棉屬植物原產於亞熱帶,在熱帶地區栽培可長到6公尺高,一般為1到2公尺。幹花朵乳白色,開花後不久轉成深紅色然後凋謝,留下綠色小型的蒴果,稱為棉鈴[3]。棉鈴內有棉籽,棉籽上的茸毛從棉籽表皮長出,塞滿有棉鈴內部。棉鈴成熟時裂開,露出柔軟的纖維。纖維白色至白中帶黃,長約2–4公分,含纖維素約87–90%。

棉花的纖維最常紡織成紗線,用來製作柔軟透氣的紡織品。在史前時代就已使用棉花的纖維。在墨西哥及印度河谷文明(現今的巴基斯坦及印度部份地區)已發現西元前五千年的棉花纖維。

雖然很早就在栽培棉花,但一直到發明軋棉機後,棉花纖維製作的成本降低,也開始廣為使用,棉花是現在衣物中最常使用的天然纖維。

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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cotton Fields
When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home
It was down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
Oh, when them cotton bolls get rotten
You cant pick very much cotton
In them old cotton fields back home
It was down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home
It was down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
Oh, when them cotton bolls get rotten
You cant pick very much cotton
In them old cotton fields back home
It was down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home
It was down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
In them old cotton fields back home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibWkp7OFB_A
逛一中街小巷內,居然看到真正的棉花,讓我想到這首老歌。
Creedence Clearwater Revival於1969年的歌曲,其實這首歌沒甚麼歌詞,就簡單的幾句不斷重複而已,本來就打算做為一首地方上的朗朗上口的歌謠,但卻意外地讓不少人喜歡上這首歌的曲風, 一直到現在許多美國的農戶都會邊哼著這首邊工作,算是讓自己放鬆調劑心情的小曲。








