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The Beach Boys - Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) (Visualizer)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Al Jardine
Al Jardine
Lead Vocals
Al Vescovo
Al Vescovo
Guitar
Bill Peterson
Bill Peterson
Horn Section
Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
Piano
Ed Carter
Ed Carter
Guitar
Hal Blaine
Hal Blaine
Drums
Lyle Ritz
Lyle Ritz
Upright Bass
Roy Caton
Roy Caton
Horn Section
Virgil Evans
Virgil Evans
Horn Section
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Huddie Ledbetter
Huddie Ledbetter
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
Producer
Al Jardine
Al Jardine
Producer
Larry Levine
Larry Levine
Engineer
Steve Desper
Steve Desper
Engineer
Joe Gastwirt
Joe Gastwirt
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

When I was a little bitty baby
My mama done rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home
It was back in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
Let me tell you now well got me in a fix
I caught a nail in my tire doing lickity splits
I had to walk a long long way to town
Came upon a nice old man well he had a hat on
Wait a minute mister can you give me some directions
I going to want to be right off for home
Don't care if them cotton balls get rotten
When I got you baby, who needs cotton
In them old cotton fields back home
Brother only one thing more that's going to warm you
A summer's day out in California
It's going to be those cotton fields back home
It was back in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
Give me them cotton fields
(It was back in Louisiana)
Let me hear it for the cotton fields
(Just about a mile from Texarkana)
You know that there's just no place like home
Well boy it sure feels good to breathe the air back home
You should have seen their faces when they seen how I grown
In them old cotton fields back home
Written by: Lead Belly

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