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When I was a little bitty baby
my mama would rock me in my cradle
in them old cotton fields back home.
When I was a little bitty baby
my mama would rock me in my cradle
in them old cotton fields back home.

When them cotton balls 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.

It may seem a little bit funny
but you didn't make very much money
in them old cotton fields back home. (2x)

I was down in Arkansas
people ask me what you come here for
in them old cotton fields back home. (2x)