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 on down in Alabama
It's gal picking time for me
There's the bluegra** down in Kentucky
Virginia's where they do the swing
Carolina, now I'm a coming
To you to spend the spring
Arkansas I hear you calling
I know I'll see you soon
There's where we'll do a little picking
Underneath the Ozark moon
When all the pickers are picking the 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
I 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 to me