When I was a little pitty baby 
My mama were rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home

It was down in Louisiana 
Just about a mile from Texarcana
In them old cotton fields back home

Oh when them cotton ball get rotten
You can't pick very much cotton
In them old cotton field back home

It was down in Louisiana 
Just about a mile from Texarcana
In them old cotton field back home