Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale of cotton Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale of day Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale of cotton Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale a day Oh Lawdy, pick a bale of cotton Oh Lawdy, pick a bale of day Oh Lawdy, pick a bale of cotton Oh Lawdy, pick a bale of day I say me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of cotton Now me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of day I say me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of cotton Now me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of day Oh Lawdy, pick a bale of cotton Oh Lawdy, pick a bale a day Oh Lawdy, pick a bale of cotton Oh Lawdy, pick a bale a day On top of old Smokey, all covered with snow I lost my true lover by courting so slow For courting's a pleasure and parting is grief And a false hearted lover is worse than a thief On top of old Smokey, all covered with snow I lost my true lover by courting to slow When you wake up in the morning, you hear the ding dong ring And you go marching to the table, see the same old thing See the fork on the table, nothing in your pan If you say a thing about it, you're in trouble with a man Let the midnight special shine a light on me Let the midnight special shine it's everloving light on me If you ever go to Houston, well you'd better act right And you'd better not gamble and you'd better not fight For the sherrif will arrest you and he'll take you down And before you understand it, you are prison bound Let the midnight special shine a light on me Let the midnight special shine it's everloving light on me On me, on me Let the midnight special shine a light on me Let the midnight special shine it's everloving light on me On me, on me Let the midnight special shine a light on me Let the midnight special shine it's everloving light on me On me, on me Let the midnight special shine a light on me Let the midnight special shine it's everloving light on me On me, on me