Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale of cotton
gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale a day
gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale of cotton
gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale a day

Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
oh Lordy, pick a bale a day
oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
oh Lordy, pick a bale a day

I said me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of cotton
now me and my buddy gonna pick a bale a day
I said me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of cotton
now me and my buddy gonna pick a bale a day

Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
oh Lordy, pick a bale a day
oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
oh Lordy, pick a bale a day