We sat there all day picking cotton, without complaining, without crying, while they sang things like: "Oh, Mary, don't you weep, don't you moan" and "Wade in the water," and "I done done," "This little light of mine." Finally, by the end of the day, we'd each picked about a quarter of a bag of cotton.
Allí nos quedamos recolectando algodón, sin quejarnos, sin llorar, mientras cantaban cosas como: "Oh, Mary, no llores" y "Chapoteando en el agua" y "Ya terminé" , "Esta pequeña luz mía". Al final, cuando acabó el día, habíamos recogido cada uno más o menos un cuarto del saco de algodón.