There's a cabin in the southland
Gee I love it so
Little cabin in the cotton
Where the cotton grows

There's a cabin in the cotton (there's a cabin in the cotton)
Far away but not forgotten (far away but not forgotten)
And in every recollection
There's where my affection strays (where your affection strays)

I get a feeling so sentimental (yeah you feel sentimental)
And I see a smile so gentle (and you see a smile so gentle)
And I think of old Virginnie
And those pickaninny days (pickaninny days)

We took the good and we took the evil
Laughter and song and the old boll weevil
Time has gone by, now here am I
Wishing that I only knew (you wish you knew)

How to wake up in the morning (you could wake up in the morning)
In the little old cabin I was born in (in the cabin you was born in)
Little cabin in the cotton
I have not forgotten you

I long to wake up in the morning
In the little log cabin that I was born in
In the cabin in the cotton
I have not forgotten you