Hey, boll weevil,

Don't sing them blues no more,

Hey, hey, boll weevil,

Don't sing them blues no more,

Boll weevil's here, boll weevil's everywhere you go.



I'm a lone boll weevil,

Been out a good long time,

I'm a lone boll weevil,

Been out a good long time,

I'm gonna sing this tune to ease a boll weevil's lonesome mind.



I don't want no man

To put no sugar in my tea,

I don't want no man,

To put no sugar in my tea,

Some of them are so evil, I'm 'fraid they might poison me.



I went downtown,

I bought me a hat,

I brought it back home,

I laid it on the shelf,

Looked at my bed,

I'm gettin' tired of sleeping by myself.