When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them old cottonfields 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 cottonfields back home

It was down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cottonfields back home

It may sound a little bit funny
But you dind't make very much money
In them old cottonfields back home

It may sound a little bit funny
Oh when them cotton bowls get rotten
[ banjo ]
When I was a little bitty baby
Oh when them cotton bowls get rotten