When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them ol' cotton fields back home
When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them ol' cotton fields back home
And when them cotton bolls get rotten
You can't get very much cotton
In them ol' cotton fields back home
It was down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them ol' cotton fields back home
I was over in Arkansas
When the people asked me
"What you come here for?"
In them ol' cotton fields back home
I was over in Arkansas
When the people asked me
"What you come here for?"
In them ol' cotton fields back home
And when them cotton bolls get rotten
You can't get very much cotton
In them ol' cotton fields back home
It was down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them ol' cotton fields back home
Well, it may sound a little bit funny
But you don't make very much money
In them ol' cotton fields back home
It might sound a little bit funny
But you don't make very much money
In them ol' cotton fields back home
And when them cotton bolls get rotten
You can't get very much cotton
In them ol' cotton fields back home
It was down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them ol' cotton fields back home
When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them ol' cotton fields back home
When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them ol' cotton fields back home