When I was just a little-bitty baby My mama used to ride me in the crib In them old cotton fields at home, It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana In them old cotton fields at home. Well when them cotton balls get rotten You can't pick very much cotton In them old cotton fields at home, It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana In them old cotton fields at home. I was down in Arkansas and people were all asking "Whatcha signed up for?" In them old cotton fields at home It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana In them old cotton fields at home. Oh, well when them cotton balls get rotten You can't pick very much cotton In them old cotton fields at home, It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana In them old cotton fields at home. When I was just a little-bitty baby My mama used to ride me in the crib In them old cotton fields at home, It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana In them old cotton fields at home.