Jump down, turn around to pick a bale of cotton/
Jump down, turn around to pick a bale a day./
Jump down, turn around to pick a bale of cotton/
Jump down, turn around to 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./
Me and my buddy can pick a bale of cotton,/
Me and my buddy can pick a bale a day.
Me and old Bill gonna pick a bale of cotton,/
Me and old Bill gonna pick a bale a day./

Me and my wife gonna pick a bale of cotton,/
Me and my wife gonna pick a bale a day./
Me and my papa can pick a bale of cotton,/
Me and my papa can pick a bale a day./