When I was a little bitty baby,
my mama would rock me in the cradle,
in them old cotton fields back home.
When I was a little bitty baby,
my mama would rock me in the cradle,
in them old cotton fields back home.
Well, when them cotton bowls get rotten
You can't dig very much cotton
In them old cotton fields back home
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back
When I was a little bitty baby,
my mama would rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home
When I was a little bitty baby,
my mama would rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home
Well, when them cotton balls get rotten
You can't pick very much cotton
In them old cotton fields back home
It's well down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
In them old cotton fields back home you