Peach Picking Time In Georgia Lyrics - Merle Haggard

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 

Then down in old Alabama 

It's gal picking time for me 

There's the bluegrass down in Kentucky 

Virginia's where they do the swing 

Carolina now I'm a coming to you 

Coming to spend the spring 

Arkansas I hear you calling 

I know I'll see you soon 

That's where we'll do some picking 

Underneath the Ozark moon 

Now when hard times overtake you 

I hope they don't get me 

For I've gotta a sweetie waiting 

For me down at Tennessee 

I know I'm goin' to see her 

And I hope it won't be long 

'Cos there's where we're picking little [incomprehensible] 

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Now after I've picked all my cotton 

I pick a wedding ring 

We'll go down town pick a wedding 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 to me