[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]
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
[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 4]
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