When it's peach picking time in Georgia

Apple picking time in Tennessee

Cotton picking time in Mississippi

Everybody picks on me

When it's roundup time in Texas

The cowboys make whoopee

And way down in old Alabama

It's gal picking time for me

There's a bluegrass down in Kentucky

Virginia's where they do the swing

Carolina now I'm a coming to you

Come and just to spend the spring

Arkansas I hear you calling

I know I'll see you soon

That's where we'll do some picking

Beneath the Ozark moon

Now when hard times overtake you

I hope they don't get me

For I've got a sweetie waiting for me down in Tennessee

I know I'm going to see her I hope it won't be long

There's where we'll pick a little cabin

And call it our mountain home

When the picker is picking cotton

I pick a wedding ring

We'll go to the town to pick a little gown

For the wedding in the spring

Hope the preacher knows his business

I know he can't fool me

When it's peach picking time in Georgia

It's gal picking time for me