Brook Benton - Boll Weevil Song lyrics

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The Boll Weevil Song<br />

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- Artist: Brook Benton as sung on "The Satin Sound Brook Benton"<br />

- Suffolk Marketing-SMI 2<br />

- peak Billboard position # 2 in 1961<br />

- NOT to be confused with the Fats Domino-written "Bo Weevil" that was charted<br />

in 1956 at # 17 by Teresa Brewer and # # 35 by Domino<br />

- Words and Music by Brook Benton and Clyde Otis<br />

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Transcriber's note: all words are spoken EXCEPT those in<br />

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which are sung.<br />

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Let me tell ya a story about a boll weevil<br />

Now, some of you may not know, but a boll weevil is an insect. And he's found<br />

mostly where cotton grows. Now, where he comes from, hm, nobody really knows.<br />

But this is the way the story goes.<br />

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The farmer said to the boll weevil "I see you're on the square" Boll weevil said to the<br />

farmer "Say yep! My whole darn family's here"<br />

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The farmer said to the boll weevil "Say, why do you pick my farm?" The weevil just<br />

laughed at the farmer 'n' said "We ain't gonna do ya much harm"<br />

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BR ho-o-o-o-o,-o-o-o, -o-o-o, o-o-ome"<br />

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BRAnd the boll weevil spotted a lightning bug. He said "Hey, I'd like to make a trade with<br />

BRyou. But, ya see if I was a lightning bug, I'd search the whole night through"<br />

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SEARCHIN' for a home, I'd have me plenty of home"<br />

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BRAnd the boll weevil called the farmer, 'n' he said "Ya better sell your old machines,<br />

BR'cause when I'm through with your cotton, heh, you can't even buy gasoline." I'M gonnaBR<br />

stake me a home, gotta have a home<br />

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BRAnd the boll weevil said to the farmer, said " Farmer, I'd like to wish you well."<br />

BRFarmer said to the boll weevil, "Yeah, an' I wish that you were in ****"<br />

LOOKIN' for a<br />

BR home, lookin' for a home (Ahh, you have a home all right, you have a home (A real hot<br />

BRhome, ahhh<br />

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BRFADE<br />

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BRTranscribed by Robin Hood<br />

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BRThese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above<br />

BRand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet<br />

BRmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.<br />

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