Cotton Fields
Words and Music by :  H. Ledbetter
Arranged and adapted by: C.C. Carter
Recording #1 by Harry Belafonte:
Recording date: 1958
Playing time:  5:17
LP : LSP1972, AR30048, NL42802, SP-33-19, RCA8023, ACL1-0502, CSJ-586, PJL-27500, SX-215, HP-510, 855482,
Tape: CPS-118, TP3-5063
CD: CD339482, 07863-58555-2, PDC2-1060, 74321-66057-2, B93001, BB61089, CD95010, 6886805,  SACD1203, 43683-2, 07863-67403-2, ND90562, PD89796, 1130-15250-2, 07863-68097-2, 796961, 50801, RGMCD006

Recording #2 by Harry Belafonte:
Recording date: April 19-20, 1959
Playing time: 4:20
45: 6006-45
LP: LSO6006, SYD030,
Tape: FTO6000, OQ8-5002
CD: CD6006-2-R, R30P-1001/2, 744676-2, CD12512, EVC322, 82876-69242-2, RGMCD071

Also recorded by:
Ace Cannon    
Beach Boys Capitol CL15640  
Johnny Cash      
DeCormier Singers RS897SD, RSS975
John Fogerty    
The Hillsiders Decca F12026  
The Johnny Mann Singers LST-7253, KTEL3381,
Udo Jürgens Ariola 14030AT  
Leadbelly    
John Mahalic Sonet SXP-6051    
The New Christy Minstrels  CS9169, CK9279, EMB31004  
Odetta  Fantasy 8345, AVRS9117  
The Seekers 8146392
Lyrics:

When I was a little baby,
My Mama would rock me in the cradle
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home
When I was a little baby,
My Mama would rock me in the cradle
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home

Oh when them cotton balls bet rotten
You can't pick very much cotton
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home
It was down in Louisiana,
Just a mile from Texarkana
In them there ol' cotton fields at home.

Now it may sound very funny,
But you didn't make very much money,
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home
Yes it might sound very funny,
But you didn't make very much money,
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home

Oh when them cotton balls bet rotten
You can't pick very much cotton
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home
It was down in Louisiana,
Just a mile from Texarkana
In them there ol' cotton fields at home.

I was over in Arkansas,
When the sheriff asked me
"What did you come here for ?"
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home
Yes I was over in Arkansas,
When the sheriff asked me
"What did you come here for ?"
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home

Oh when them cotton balls bet rotten
You can't pick very much cotton
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home
It was down in Louisiana,
Just a mile from Texarkana
In them there ol' cotton fields at home