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.