When I was just a little bitty baby

My mama used to rock me in the cradle

In them old cotton fields at home,

It was down in Louisiana

Just about a mile from Texarkana

In them old cotton fields at home.

Well when them cotton bolls get rotten

You can't pick very much cotton

In them old cotton fields at home,

It was down in Louisiana

Just about a mile from Texarkana

In them old cotton fields at home.

Well I was down in Arkansas

And people were all asking

"Whatcha signed up for?"

In them old cotton fields at home

It was down in Louisiana

Just about a mile from Texarkana

In them old cotton fields at home.

Oh, well when them cotton bolls get rotten

You can't pick very much cotton

In them old cotton fields at home,

It was down in Louisiana

Just about a mile from Texarkana

In them old cotton fields at home.

When I was just a little bitty baby

My mama used to rock me in the cradle

In them old, old cotton fields at home,

It was down in Louisiana

Just about a mile from Texarkana

In them old cotton fields at home.

Oh, well when them cotton bolls get rotten

You can't pick very much cotton

In them old cotton fields at home,

It was down in Louisiana

Just about a mile from Texarkana

In them old cotton fields at home.