Pickin' Time

<p>[Verse]<br/>I got cotton in the bottom land<br/>It&#x27;s up and growing and I got a good stand<br/>My good wife and them kids of mine<br/>Gonna get new shoes, come Picking Time<br/>Get new shoes come Picking Time<br/>Every night when I go to bed<br/>I thank the Lord that my kids are fed<br/>They live on beans eight days and nine<br/>But I get them fat come Picking Time<br/>Get them fat come come Picking Time<br/>The corn is yellow and the beans are high<br/>The sun is hot in the summer sky<br/>The work is hard til laying by<br/>Laying by until Picking Time<br/>Laying by until Picking Time<br/>It&#x27;s hard to see by the coal-oil light<br/>And I turn it off purty early at night<br/>Because a jug of coal-oil costs a dime<br/>But I stay up late come Picking Time<br/>Stay up late come Picking Time<br/>My old wagon barely gets me to town<br/>I patched the wheels and I watered them down<br/>Keep her in shape so she&#x27;ll be fine<br/>To haul my cotton come Picking Time<br/>Haul my cotton come Picking Time<br/>Last Sunday morning when they passed the hat<br/>It was still nearly empty back where I sat<br/>But the preacher smiled and said that&#x27;s fine<br/>The Lord&#x27;ll wait until Picking Time<br/>The Lord&#x27;ll wait until Picking Time