Me and my wife gonna pick a bale o' cotton,
Me and my wife gonna pick a bale a day,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale o' cotton,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day,
My master say I'm gonna pick a bale o' cotton,
My master say I'm gonna pick a bale a day,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale o' cotton,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day,
Going down town, gonna pick a bale o' cotton,
Going down town, gonna pick a bale a day,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale o' cotton,
Oh Lordy, pick a bale a day,
Jump down, turn around, pick a bale o' cotton,
Jump down, turn around, pick a bale a day.