When I was a little bitty baby. My mama done rock me in the cradle. In them old cotton fields back home. It was back in Louisiana. Just about a mile from Texarkana. In them old cotton fields back home. Let me tell you now well got me in a fix. I caught a nail in my tire doing lickitey splits. I had to walk a long long way to town. Came upon a nice old man well he had a hat on. Wait a minute mister can you give me some directions. I gonna want to be right off for home. Don't care if them cotton balls get rotten. When I got you baby who needs cotton. In them old cotton fields back home. Brother only one thing more that's gonna warm you. A summer's day out in California. It's gonna be those cotton fields back home. It was back in Louisiana. Just about a mile from Texarkana. Give me them cotton fields. (It was back in Louisiana). Let me hear it for the cotton fields. (Just about a mile from Texarkana). You know that there's just no place like home. Well boy it sure feels good to breathe the air back home. You shoulda seen their faces when they seen how I grown. In them old cotton fields back home.