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 balls 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 down in Arkansas and people were all asking
"Whatcha signed up for?"
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, well when them cotton balls get rotten
You can't 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 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.

Oh, well when them cotton balls get rotten
You can't pick very much cotton
In them old cotton fields back home
It was down in Louisiana jusy about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields at home