When I was a little bitty baby

My Momma done rocked me in the cradle

In them old cottonfields back home



It was back in Louisiana

Just about a mile from Texarkana

In them old cottonfields back home



Let me tell you now well I got me in a mess

I caught a nail in my tire doing lickety splits

I had to walk a long long way to town



Came along a nice old man

Well he had a hammer

Wait a minute mister, can you get me some direction

I'm gonna wanna be right off for home



Oh let them cotton balls get rotten

I got you baby, who needs cotton

In them old cottonfields back home



Well it sure feels good to breathe the air back home

You should have seen their faces when they seen how I'd grown

In them old cotton fields back home