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The Boll Weevil Song
Brook Benton Lyrics
The Boll Weevil Song Lyrics
The Boll Weevil Song by Brook Benton
- Artist: Brook Benton as sung on "The Satin Sound Brook Benton"
- Suffolk Marketing-SMI 2
- peak Billboard position # 2 in 1961
- NOT to be confused with the Fats Domino-written "Bo Weevil" that was charted
in 1956 at # 17 by Teresa Brewer and # # 35 by Domino
- Words and Music by Brook Benton and Clyde Otis
Transcriber's note: all words are spoken EXCEPT those in
which are sung.
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"
BR ho-o-o-o-o,-o-o-o, -o-o-o, o-o-ome"
BR
BRAnd the boll weevil spotted a lightning bug. He said "Hey, I'd like to make a trade with
BRyou. But, ya see if I was a lightning bug, I'd search the whole night through"
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SEARCHIN' for a home, I'd have me plenty of home"
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BRAnd the boll weevil called the farmer, 'n' he said "Ya better sell your old machines,
BR'cause when I'm through with your cotton, heh, you can't even buy gasoline." I'M gonnaBR
stake me a home, gotta have a home
BR
BRAnd the boll weevil said to the farmer, said " Farmer, I'd like to wish you well."
BRFarmer said to the boll weevil, "Yeah, an' I wish that you were in ****"
LOOKIN' for a
BR home, lookin' for a home (Ahh, you have a home all right, you have a home (A real hot
BRhome, ahhh
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BRFADE
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BRTranscribed by Robin Hood
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BRThese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above
BRand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet
BRmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.
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