You gotta jump down,
turn around and pick a bale of cotton,
Gotta jump down,
turn around and pick a bale a day.
Gotta jump down,
turn around and pick a bale of cotton,
Gotta jump down,
turn around and 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 brother
can pick a bale of cotton,
Oh, me and my brother
can pick a bale a day.
Oh, me and my sister
can pick a bale of cotton,
Oh, me and my sister
can 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.

You gotta get up in the morning
to pick a bale of cotton,
Gotta get up in the morning
to pick a bale a day.
You gotta get up in the morning
to pick a bale of cotton,
Gotta get up in the morning
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.

Jump down,
turn around, pick a bale,
Jump down,
turn around, pick a bale of cotton,
Jump down,
turn around, pick a bale,
Jump down,
turn around, pick a bale of cotton,
Jump down,
turn around, pick a bale,
turn around,
Jump down,
turn around, pick a bale of cotton,
Gotta jump down,
turn around, pick a bale, turn around,
Jump down,
turn around, pick a bale of cotton.

Oh, Lordy, Oh, Lordy
Hmmm… Pick a bale of cotton
Oh, Lordy.

You gotta jump down, (uh, huh)
Turn around (oh!) Pick a bale (Clap, clap)
Pick a bale of cotton,
Gotta jump down (Uh, huh)
Turn around (oh!) Pick a bale (Clap, clap)
Pick a bale a day.

You gotta jump down,
turn around, pick a bale, turn around
Jump down,
turn around, pick a bale of cotton,
Gotta jump down,
turn around, pick a bale of cotton.
Pick a bale a day.