We were walkin' in high cotton
We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Those fertile fields are never far away
I bet we walked a thousand miles
When Sunday mornings rolled around
We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Old times there are not forgotten
Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced
Old times there are not forgotten
Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced
Chopin' cotton and pushin' plows
Just in time, together with the church
We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
And how it impressed me then
It didn't seem like things were all that bad
As life went on and years went by
And learnin' how to give it all we had
Those fertile fields are never far away
We were walkin' in high cotton
Now lookin' back, I understand
It was the only day my daddy wouldn't work
Old times there are not forgotten
Taught us how to look ahead
They kept us warm and kept us fed
Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced
We were walkin' in high cotton
Those fertile fields are never far away
We were walkin' in high cotton
Sometimes I think how long it's been
We dressed up in hand-me downs
We were walkin' in high cotton
Those fertile fields are never far away
And felt the love in mama's hands
Old times there are not forgotten
Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced
I saw the light in daddy's eyes
Old times there are not forgotten
