Cotton Fields
Harvesting Memories: The Essence of Home in Cotton Fields
Lyrics
Cotton Fields
Cotton Fields
Performer：The New Christy Minstrels
Performed by The New Christy Minstrels
Composer ：Lead Belly
Composed by Lead Belly
Lyricist ：Lead Belly
Lyrics by Lead Belly
When I was a little bitty baby
Reflects on childhood
My mama would rock me in the cradle
Mentions mother rocking the speaker in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home
Recalls memories of being in cotton fields
When I was a little bitty baby
Repetition of being a little baby and rocked by the mother
My mama would rock me in the cradle
Continues the theme of childhood and cradle rocking
In them old cotton fields back home
Emphasizes the connection to old cotton fields
Oh when them cotton balls get rotten
Describes the impact of rotten cotton balls on picking
You can't pick very much cotton
Highlights the difficulty in picking cotton when it's rotten
In them old cotton fields back home
Reiterates the challenge in old cotton fields
It was down in louisiana
Specifies location as Louisiana
Just about a mile from texarkana
Mentions proximity to Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
Connects the location to old cotton fields
When I was a little bitty baby
Repeats the childhood theme and cradle rocking
My mama would rock me in the cradle
Restates the image of being rocked in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home
Recalls memories of old cotton fields
When I was a little bitty baby
Repetition of being a little baby and being rocked
My mama would rock me in the cradle
Continues the theme of childhood and cradle rocking
In them old cotton fields back home
Emphasizes the connection to old cotton fields
Oh when them cotton balls get rotten
Describes the impact of rotten cotton balls on picking
You can't pick very much cotton
Highlights the difficulty in picking cotton when it's rotten
In them old cotton fields back home
Reiterates the challenge in old cotton fields
It was down in louisiana
Specifies location as Louisiana
Just about a mile from texarkana
Mentions proximity to Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
Connects the location to old cotton fields
In them old cotton fields back home
Reiterates the presence of old cotton fields back home
In them old cotton fields back home
Repeats the idea of old cotton fields being back home
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