When it's peach picking time in Georgia
Apple picking time in Tennessee
Cotton picking time in Mississippi
Everybody picks on me
When it's roundup time in Texas
The cowboys make whoopee
And way down in old Alabama
It's gal picking time for me
There's a bluegrass down in Kentucky Virginia's
Where they do the swing
Carolina, now I'm a coming to you
Come and just to spend the spring
Arkansas, I hear you calling
I know I'll see you soon
That's where we'll do some picking
Beneath the Ozark moon
When the picker is picking cotton
That's the time, I pick a wedding ring
We'll go to the town to pick a little gown
For the wedding in the spring
Hope the preacher knows his business
I know he can't fool me
When it's peach picking time in Georgia
It's gal picking time for me