When I was a little bitty baby 
My mama done rock me in the cradle 
In them old cotton fields back home 
It was back in louisiana 
Just about a mile from texarkana 
In them old cotton fields back home 
Oh when them cotton bolls get rotten 
You can't pick very much cotton 
In them old cotton fields back home 
It was down in louisiana 
Just about a mile from texarkana 
In them old cotton fields back home 
When I was a little pretty baby 
My mama would rock me in the cradle 
In them old cotton fields back home 
It was down in louisiana 
Just about a mile from texarkana 
In them old cotton fields back home 
Oh when them cotton bolls get rotten 
You can't pick very much cotton 
In them old cotton fields back home 
It was down in louisiana 
Just about a mile from texarkana 
In them old cotton fields back home 
When I was a little pretty baby 
My mama would rock me in the cradle 
In them old cotton fields back home 
It was down in louisiana 
Just about a mile from texarkana 
In them old cotton fields back home 
Oh when them cotton bolls get rotten 
You can't pick very much cotton 
In them old cotton fields back home 
It was down in louisiana 
Just about a mile from texarkana 
In them old cotton fields back home 
In them old cotton fields back home