Sitting on this plow daydreaming Thinking of the weeks to come Old cotton patch is hot Can't think of a worse spot To be on a hot summer day Next week I will get my hoe down And hit the field at break of day It will be so sad My feet will hurt so bad When I'm chopping cotton all the day Mule that a-bawking They're tired of walking Up and down this cotton row so straight They should pull their best Cause soon they'll get a rest They don't have very long to wait And when the picking starts this fall I'll need my cotton sack that's all My back will nearly break From pulling all that weight When I start to picking cotton this fall Mule that a-bawking They're tired of walking Up and down this cotton row so straight They should pull their best Cause soon they'll get a rest They don't have very long to wait And when the picking starts this fall I'll need my cotton sack that's all My back will nearly break From pulling all that weight When I start to picking cotton this fall