Cotton Fields
Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter, 1940· Songs Well-Known in America · p.62
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When I was a little itty-bitty baby, my momma would rock me in the cradle
(G) D
In them old cotton fields back home
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It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
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In them old cotton fields back home
C
When them cotton balls get rotten
G
You can't pick very much cotton
(G) D
In them old cotton fields back home
G C G
It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
(G) D G C G
In them old cotton fields back home
(Repeat entire song twice with optional instrumental)