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The Boll Weevil Song



- 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"

BR

SEARCHIN' for a home, I'd have me plenty of home"

BR

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

BR

BRFADE

BR

BR

BRTranscribed by Robin Hood

BR

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.

BR

BR

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