The Boll Weevil Song

The Boll Weevil Song - Brook Benton

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"

We gotta have a home gotta have a home

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"

We looking have a home

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"

Seatch at a home I have be every a home

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

Lookin' for a home

Lookin' for a home

Ahh you have a home all right

You have a home

A real hot home ahhh