Brook Benton - The Boll Weevil Song lyrics

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Let me tell ya a story about a boll weevil

Now, some of you may not know

But a boll weevil is an insect

And he's found mostly where cotton grows

Now, where he comes from, hm, nobody really knows

But this is the way the story goes

The farmer said to the boll weevil

"I see you're on the square"

Boll weevil said to the farmer

"Say yep, my whole darn family's here"

The farmer said to the boll weevil

"Say, why do you pick my farm"

The weevil just laughed at the farmer 'n' said

"We ain't gonna do ya much harm"

Ho-o-o-o-o,-o-o-o, -o-o-o, o-o-ome"

And the boll weevil spotted a lightning bug.

He said "Hey, I'd like to make a trade with you

But, ya see if I was a lightning bug

I'd search the whole night through"

And the boll weevil called the farmer, 'n' he said

"Ya better sell your old machines

'Cause when I'm through with your cotton

Heh, you can't even buy gasoline

"Stake me a home, gotta have a home

And the boll weevil said to the farmer, said " Farmer

I'd like to wish you well"

Farmer said to the boll weevil

"Yeah, an' I wish that you were in ****" home

Lookin' for a home

(Ahh, you have a home all right, you have a home

(A real hot home, ahhh