Pick a Bale o' Cotton Songtext
von Joe Dassin

Gentlemen, please!
Gentlemen, please!
Ladies...
Here we go
One, two, two, go

Ooh, yeah, yeah
Ha-ha
No, hold it, Douglas, Douglas
No, it′s eight bars
Gentlemen, gentlemen, please!
Here we go again
One, two, two, two

You gotta jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton
Jump down, turn around, pick a bale a day
Jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton
Gonna jump down, turn around, pick a bale a day


Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale of cotton
Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale a day
You gotta, oh, Lordy
Pick a bale of cotton
Gotta, oh, Lordy
Pick a bale a day

I jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, turn around, pick a bale a day
I jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, turn around, pick a bale a day

Me and my wife gonna pick a bale of cotton
Me and my wife gonna pick a bale a day
Me and my wife gonna pick a bale of cotton
Me and my wife gonna pick a bale a day

You gotta jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, turn around, pick a bale a day
Jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, turn around, pick a bale a day
Harmonica, whoo

Me and my wife gonna pick a bale of cotton
Me and my wife gonna pick a bale a day
Me and my wife gonna pick a bale of cotton
Me and my wife gonna pick a bale a day


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

Pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick a bale of cotton
Pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick a bale a day
Pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick a bale of cotton
Pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick a bale a day

Oh, Lord
Pick a bale of cotton
Oh, Lord
Pick a bale a day
Oh, Lord
Pick a bale of cotton
Oh, Lord
Pick a bale a day

You gotta jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton
Jump down, turn around, pick a bale a day
Jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, turn around, pick...
Here's the harmonica, whoo

Eight more bars of harmonica

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

Me and my wife gonna pick a bale of cotton
Me and my wife gonna pick a bale a day
Me and my wife gonna pick a bale of cotton
Me and my wife gonna pick a bale a day

You gotta jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton
Jump down, turn around, pick a bale a day
You gotta jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton
Jump down, turn around, pick a bale a day
Howdy

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

Jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, turn around, pick a bale a day
You gotta jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, turn around, pick a bale a day
Harmonica, whoo
Everybody starts dying down a little bit

Pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick a bale a day
You gotta pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick a bale of cotton
Gotta pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick a bale a day
Pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick a bale of cotton
Pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick a bale a day

Pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick a bale of cotton
Pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick a bale a day
You gotta pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick a bale of cotton
Gotta pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick-a-pick a bale a day