[00:00.18]I got cotton in the bottom land
[00:03.57]It's up and growin' and i got a good stand
[00:07.86]My good wife and them kids of mine
[00:11.46]Gonna get new shoes come pickin' time
[00:15.06]Get new shoes come pickin' time
[00:19.65]Every night when i go to bed
[00:22.53]I thank the lord that my kids are fed
[00:25.53]They live on beans eight days and nine
[00:29.79]But i get 'em fat come pickin' time
[00:33.30]Get 'em fat come come pickin' time
[00:37.62]The corn is yellow and the beans are high
[00:40.68]The sun is hot in the summer sky
[00:43.83]The work is hard till layin' by
[00:46.50]Layin' by till pickin' time
[00:51.63]Layin' by till pickin' time
[00:56.10]It's hard to see by the coal-oil light
[00:59.22]And i turn it off purty early at night
[01:02.28]'cause a jug of coal-oil costs a dime
[01:06.57]But i stay up late come pickin' time
[01:10.08]Stay up late come pickin' time
[01:14.82]My old wagon barely gets me to town
[01:17.79]I patched the wheels and i watered 'em down
[01:21.00]Keep her in shape so she'll be fine
[01:23.58]To haul my cotton come pickin' time
[01:28.14]Haul my cotton come pickin' time
[01:33.99]Last sunday mornin' when they passed the hat
[01:38.07]It was still nearly empty back where i sat
[01:41.94]But the preacher smiled and said that's fine
[01:45.69]The lord'll wait till pickin' time
[01:49.89]The lord'll wait till pickin' time