(verse 1)
When I was a little baby,
My Mama would rock me in the cradle,
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home,
When I was a little baby,
My Mama would rock me in the cradle,
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home,
Oh when them cotton balls get rotten,
You can't pick very much cotton,
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home,
It was down in Louisiana,
Just a mile from Texarkana,
In them there ol' cotton fields at home,
(verse 2)
Now it may sound very funny,
But you didn't make very much money,
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home,
Yes it might sound very funny,
But you didn't make very much money,
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home,
(chorus)
Oh when them cotton balls get rotten,
You can't pick very much cotton,
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home,
It was down in Louisiana,
Just a mile from Texarkana,
In them there ol' cotton fields at home,
(verse 3)
I was over in Arkansas,
When the sheriff asked me,
What did you come here for,
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home,
Yes I was over in Arkansas,
When the sheriff asked me,
What did you come here for,
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home,
(chorus)
Oh when them cotton balls get rotten,
You can't pick very much cotton,
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home,
It was down in Louisiana,
Just a mile from Texarkana,
In them there ol' cotton fields at home,