| When I was a little bitty baby |
| My mama done rock me in the cradle |
| In them old cotton fields back home |
| It was back in Louisiana |
| Just about a mile from Texarkana |
| In them old cotton fields back home |
| Let me tell you now well got me in a fix |
| I caught a nail in my tire doing lickitey splits |
| I had to walk a long long way to town |
| Came upon a nice old man well he had a hat on Wait a minute mister can you give me some directions |
| I gonna want to be right off for home |
| Don’t care if them cotton balls get rotten |
| When I got you baby, who needs cotton |
| In them old cotton fields back home |
| Brother only one thing more that’s gonna warm you |
| A summer’s day out in California |
| It’s gonna be those cotton fields back home |
| It was back in Louisiana |
| Just about a mile from Texarkana |
| Give me them cotton fields |
| (It was back in Louisiana) |
| Let me hear it for the cotton fields |
| (Just about a mile from Texarkana) |
| You know that there’s just no place like home |
| Well boy it sure feels good to breathe the air back home |
| You shoulda seen their faces when they seen how I grown |
| In them old cotton fields back home |