Song written by blues musician Huddie Ledbetter in 1940. <br />Chanson écrite par le blues-man Huddie Ledbetter en 1940. <br /><br />COTTON FIELDS (Lyrics) <br /><br />When I was a little bitty baby, <br />My mama would rock me in the cradle, <br />In them old cotton fields back home. <br /><br />It was down in Louisiana, <br />Just about a mile from Texarcana, <br />In them old cotton fields back home. <br /><br />Oh, when them cotton bolls get rotten, <br />You can’t pick very much cotton, <br />In them old cotton fields back home. <br /><br />It was down in Louisiana, <br />Just about a mile from Texarcana, <br />In them old cotton fields back home.
