: [Chorus:] I never picked cotton But my mother did And my brother did And my sister did And my daddy died young Workin' in the coal mine When I was
their backs And I made myself a promise when I was old enough to run That I'd never stay a single day In that Oklahoma sun And I never picked cotton
[Chorus:] I never picked cotton But my mother did And my brother did And my sister did And my daddy died young Workin' in the coal mine When I was just
