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