E When I was a little bitty baby A E My mama would rock me in the cradle B In them old cotton fields back home E It was down in Louisiana A E Just a mile from Texarkana B E In them old cotton fields back home E It may sound a little funny A E But you didn't make very much money B In them old cotton fields back home E It may sound a little funny A E But you didn't make very much money B E In them old cotton fields back home A Oh when those cotton balls get rotten E You can't pick you very much cotton B In them old cotton fields back home E It was down in Louisiana A E Just a mile from Texarkana B E In them old cotton fields back home I was over in Arkansas People ask me what you come here for In them old cotton fields back home I was over in Arkansas People ask me what you come here for In them old cotton fields back home ( B B7 )