High Cotton

We didn't know the times were lean
 Round our house the grass was green
 It didn't seem like things were all that bad
 I bet we walked a thousand miles
 Choppin' cotton and pushin' plows
 And learnin' how to give it all we had
 As life went on and years went by
 I saw the light in daddy's eye
 And felt the love in mamma's hands
 They kep us warm and kep us fed
 Taught us how to look ahead
 Now lookin' back I understand
 We were walkin' in high cotton
 Old times there are not forgotten
 Those fertile fields are never far away
 We were walkin' in high cotton
 Old times there are not forgotten
 Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced
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 When Sunday mornin's rolled around
 We dressed up in hand-me-downs
 Just in time to gather with the church
 Sometimes I think how long it's been
 And how it impressed me then
 It was the only day my daddy wouldn't work
 We were walkin' in high cotton
 Old times there are not forgotten
 Those fertile fields are never far away
 We were walkin' in high cotton
 Old time there are not forgotten
 Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced
 We were walkin' in high cotton
 Old times there are not forgotten
 Those fertile fields are never far away
 We were walkin' in high cotton
 Old times there are not forgotten
 Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced
 We were walkin' in high cotton
 Old times there are not forgotten
 Those fertile fields are never far away
 We were walkin' in high cotton
 Old time there are not forgotten
 Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced
 Walkin' in high cotton