Cotton needs a pickin' so bad,
cotton needs a pickin' so bad,
cotton needs a pickin' so bad,
gonna pick all over this field.
We planted this cotton in April,
on the full of the moon.
We've had a hot, dry summer, that's why it opened so soon.
We planted this cotton in April,
on the full of the moon.
We've had a hot, dry summer, that's why it opened so soon.
Cotton needs a pickin' so bad,
cotton needs a pickin' so bad,
cotton needs a pickin' so bad,
gonna pick all over this field.
Hurry up, hurry up children,
we ought to have been gone.
The weather looks so cloudy, I think it's goin' to storm.
Hurry up, hurry up children,
we ought to have been gone.
The weather looks so cloudy, I think it's goin' to storm.
Cotton needs a pickin' so bad,
cotton needs a pickin' so bad,
cotton needs a pickin' so bad,
gonna pick all over this field.