When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home
When I was a little bitty baby
Oh when them cotton bowls get rotten
You couldn'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 sound a little bit funny
But you didn't make very much money
In them old cotton fields back home
It may sound a little bit funny
Oh when them cotton bowls get rotten
When I was a little bitty baby
Oh when them cotton bowls get rotten
