When I was a little baby, my mother rocked me in the cradle,nIn them ole cotton fields back homenWhen I was a little baby, my mother rocked me in the cradle,nIn them ole cotton fields back homennOh when them cotton balls get rotten, you can't pick very much cotton,nIn them ole cotton fields back homenIt was down in Louisiana, just a mile from Texarkana,nIn them ole cotton fields back homennIt may sound a little funny, but you didn't make very much money,nIn them ole cotton fields back homenIt may sound a little funny, but you didn't make very much money,nIn them ole cotton fields back homennOh when them cotton balls get rotten, you can't pick very much cotton,nIn them ole cotton fields back homenIt was down in Louisiana, just a mile from Texarkana,nIn them ole cotton fields back homennI was home in Arkansas, people ask me what you come here for,nIn them ole cotton fields back homenI was home in Arkansas, people ask me what you come here for,nIn them ole cotton fields back homennOh when them cotton balls get rotten, you can't pick very much cotton,nIn them ole cotton fields back homenIt was down in Louisiana, just a mile from Texarkana,nIn them ole cotton fields back homennOh when them cotton balls get rotten, you can't pick very much cotton,nIn them ole cotton fields back homenIt was down in Louisiana, just a mile from Texarkana,nIn them ole cotton fields back home