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We didn't know the times were lean
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Around our home the grass was green
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It didn't seem like things were all that bad
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I bet we walked a thousand miles
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Chopping cotton and pushing plows
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And learning how to give it all we had

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As life went on and years went by
C
I saw the light in daddy's eyes 
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And felt the love in mama's hands
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They kept us warm and kept us fed
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Taught us how to look ahead
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Now looking back I understand

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We Were Walking in High Cotton
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Old times there are not forgotten
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Those fertile fields are never far away     
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We were walking in high cotton 
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Old times there are not forgotten
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Leaving home was the hardest thing we ever faced

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When Sunday morning rolled around
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We dressed up in hand-me downs
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Just in time together with the church
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Sometimes I think how long it's been
C
And how it impressed me then
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It was the only day my daddy wouldn't work

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We Were Walking in High Cotton
           C
Old times there are not forgotten
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Those fertile fields are never far away
 G
We were walking in high cotton
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Old times there are not forgotten
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Leaving home was the hardest thing we ever faced