All four ladies promenade inside that big old ring
Pass your partner, swing your corner
Give that boy a swing
Well join hands and circle left, move down that cotton row
Rollaway and weave it around that ring you know
To that Mississippi cotton pickin' delta town
Dosado your lady and promenade around
One dusty street to walk up and down
In that Mississippi cotton pickin' delta town

Four ladies chain 3/4 round you go
You turn and chain 'em straight across you know
Heads (sides) square thru four hands around you go
Find your corner lady, dosado
Pass thru, trade by, left allemande
Come back one and promenade, go walking round that land
You promenade your lady, head on down that cotton row
To that Mississippi cotton pickin' town we know

Sides face, grand square
Down in the delta where I was born
We didn't raise much but cotton, taters and corn
I've picked cotton till my fingers hurt
Draggin' that sack through the delta dirt
Four ladies chain, you turn 'em and then
Chain 'em back and promenade, get movin' my friend
You promenade your lady on down that cotton row
To that Mississippi cotton pickin' town we know