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.