When I was a little bitty baby, 当我还是个小小婴儿, My mama would rocked me in that cradle, 妈妈总伴我在摇篮边 In them old cotton fields back home. 在家后面的那片老棉花田。 and when them cotton bolls get rotten, 当棉荚开始腐烂, You can't pick very much cotton, 收获将变得渺茫, In them old cotton fields back home. 在家后面的那片老棉花田。 It was down in Louisiana, 在路易斯安纳南边, Just about a mile from Texarkana, I距离泰克斯卡那只有一里地, n them old cotton fields back home. 就是我家后面的那片老棉花田。 I was over in Arkansas, 记得初到阿肯色, when People ask me what you come here for, 人们总问我来这有何贵干, In them old cotton fields back home 怎么不呆在家后面的老棉花田? It might sound a little funny, 这听起来真有点可笑 But you don't make very much money, 因为你无法挣到到大钱, In them old cotton fields back home. 在家后面的那片老棉花田。