1. [G]When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would [C]rock me in the [G]cradle
In them old cotton fields back [D7]home
2. It was [G]down in Louisiana
Just about a [C]mile from Texar-[G]kana
In them old [D7]cotton fields back [G]home
3. Oh, when them [C]cotton bolls get rotten
You can’t [G]pick very much cotton
In them old cotton fields back [D7]home
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