When I was a little bitty babe,
In them old cotton fields back home
It was down by Louisiana,
just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
Now when them cotton balls get rotten,
you can't pick very much cotton
In them old cotton fields back home
It was down by Louisiana,
just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
Well, when I just turned twenty -one
In them old cotton fields back home
I met a pretty girl and I made her my wife
In them old cotton fields back home
When I was a little bitty baby,
my mama done locked me in the fridge
In them old cotton fields back home
It was down by Louisiana,
just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
Who cares if them cotton balls get rotten?
I got you, baby, who needs cotton?
In them old cotton fields back home
It was down by Louisiana,
just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
When I was a little bitty baby,
my momma done locked me in her crib
In them old cotton fields back home
It was down by Louisiana,
just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cot ton fields back home
And because of them cot ton
And I got you, baby, who needs cotton
In them old cotton fields back home
Just about a from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
In them old cotton fields back home you