get a late on this sunday evenin poor lightin gotta go home and take him some rest get a late on this sunday evenin poor lightin gotta go home and take some rest you know i gotta pick cotton tomorrow monday little girl you know that s gonna be a solid bet woah i don t weigh but 95 pounds 100 pound is too much load for me to push i don t weigh but 90 pound boy a 100 pound is too much load for me to push i can straighten out in the field it s too darn lightnin go head on boy and get your sack full they was talkin about cotton i get casual keen i stood straight up in the field lookin around tryin to find me some shade woah lord have mercy poor lightnin tryin to find him some shade poor mama sittin down with her pencil and paper figurin up every dime that the family made i m gonna play it play it on if you cut that out my daddy was a sack shaker came at an eye straight down that road come out in mississippi too my daddy was a sack shaker came at an eye straight down that road woah every time i go way up he said go head lightnin get me some more he was talkin about cotton ah yeah