Melodi: Huddie Leadbetter - Tekst: Huddie Leadbetter
l: When I was a little baby,
my mother would rock me in the cradle,
in them old, old cottonfields back home. :l
Oh, when them cottonballs get rotten,
you couldn't pick very much cotton
in them old cottonfields at home.
It was down in Louisiana,
just a mile from Texarkana
in them old cottonfields at home.
l: I was over in Arkansas,
when the people asked me what I come here for,
in them old cottonfiels back home. :l
And when them cottonballs ...
l: It might sound a little bit funny,
but you don't make very much money
in them old cottonfields back home :l
And when them cottonballs ...
l: When I was a little bi tty baby,
my mama would rock me in that cradle,
in them old cottonfields back home. :l
And when them cottonballs ...