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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