
Date of issue: 11.12.2014
Record label: Gold Masters
Song language: English
The Boll Weevil |
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, hmm, 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're looking for 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» |
(«Searchin' for a home, I’d have me plenty of 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.» |
(I'm gonna 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 shit» |
(Lookin' for a home, lookin' for a home) |
(Ahh, you have a home all right, you have a home) |
(A real hot home, ahh) |
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