she, she came from the land of the cotton  land that was nearly forgotten by everyone  and she, she worked and she slaved so hard  a big old field was her back yard in the delta sun  ooh, but she sure could sing  ooh, she sure could sing  then he looked down and he took a little pity  the whole town swore he decided he'd help her some  but he didn't mind if she wasn't very pretty  for deep inside his heart he knew she was the only one  ooh, but she sure could sing  yeah, she sure could sing  she had faith, she had believing  she led all the people together in singing  and she prayed every night to the lord up above  singing hallelujah, ooh hallelujah  they use to walk singing songs by the river  even when she knew for sure she had to go away  and she never knew what her life had to give her  and never had to worry about it for one single day  ooh my but she sure could sing  ooh, she sure could sing  she had faith, she had believing  led all the people together in singing  and she prayed every night to the lord up above  singing hallelujah, ooh hallelujah  she, she came from the land of the cotton  land that was nearly forgotten by everyone  and she, she worked and she slaved so hard  a big old field was her back yard in the delta sun  ooh, but she sure could sing  my, my, my she sure could sing  ooh, yeah she sure could sing  ooh, she sure could sing