| |: When I was a little baby,My mother rocked me in the cradle,
 In them old, cotton fields back home. :|
 
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 Oh when them cotton balls got rotten,
 You couldn't pick very much cotton,
 In them old, cotton fields back home.
 
 |: It was down in Lou'siana,
 Just about a mile from Texarkana,
 In them old, cotton fields back home. :|
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 |: I was home in Arkansas,People ask me what you come her for,
 In them old, cotton fields back home. :|
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 |: It may sound a little funny,
 But you didn't make very much money,
 In them old, cotton fields back home. :|
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