| Song | Pick a Bale of Cotton |
| Artist | Leadbelly |
| Album | The Definitive Leadbelly |
| Jump down, turn around, pick a bail of cotton. | |
| Jump down, turn around, pick a bail a day. | |
| Oh lordy, pick a bail of cotton. | |
| Oh lordy, pick a bail a day | |
| Me and my wife, we pick a bail of cotton. | |
| Me and my wife, we pick a bail a day. | |
| Oh lordy, pick a bail of cotton. | |
| Oh lordy, pick a bail a day | |
| Me and my friend, we pick a bail of cotton. | |
| Me and my friend, we pick a bail a day. | |
| Oh lordy, pick a bail of cotton. | |
| Oh lordy, pick a bail a day |