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This version was identified by the Beach Boys themselves as a cover of the Lead Belly song of the same name, but there are quite a few differences. First, the Beach Boys completely revamped the tone, opting for a more energized, “wall of sound” approach, in contrast to Lead Belly’s thin acoustic. Se...
[Intro]
When I was a little bitty baby
My mama done rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home
It was back in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
[Verse 1]
Let me tell you now well got me in a fix
I caught a nail in my tire doing lickity splits
I had to walk a long long way to town
Came upon a nice old man well he had a hat on
Wait a minute mister can you give me some directions
I going to want to be right off for home
[Verse 2]
Don't care if them cotton balls get rotten
When I got you baby, who needs cotton
In them old cotton fields back home
Brother only one thing more that's going to warm you
A summer's day out in California
It's going to be those cotton fields back home
[Verse 3]
It was back in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
Give me them cotton fields
(It was back in Louisiana)
Let me hear it for the cotton fields
(Just about a mile from Texarkana)
You know that there's just no place like home
[Outro]
Well boy it sure feels good to breathe the air back home
You should have seen their faces when they seen how I grown
In them old cotton fields back home
Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) was written by Lead Belly.
Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) was produced by Al Jardine & Brian Wilson.
The Beach Boys released Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) on Mon Feb 10 1969.