Boll Weevil Song

	  		
Intro: C F
 


#1. 
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Let me tell you a story about a boll weevil. 
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Now, some of you may not know, but a boll  

weevil is an insect and he's found mostly  

where cotton grows. 
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Now, where they come from, hm, nobody really  

knows..but this is the way the story goes. 

#2. 
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The farmer said to the boll weevil, I see  

you're on the square. 
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Boll weevil said to the farmer, say yep, my  
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whole darn family's here. 
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We gotta have a home, gotta have a home. 

#3. 
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The farmer said to the boll weevil, say, why  

do you pick my farm? 

The weevil just laughed at the farmer and said, 
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we ain't gonna do ya much harm. 
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We're lookin' for a home-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo- 
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oooo-ho-ho-ome. 

#4. 
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And the boll weevil spotted a lightning bug. 
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He said, hey, I'd like to make a trade with you. 

Cause, you 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. 

#5. 
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And the boll weevil called the farmer, and he said, 

you better sell your old machines. 
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Cause when I'm through with your cotton, heh, you  

can't even buy gasoline. 
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I'm gonna take me a home, gotta have a home. 

#6. 
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And the boll weevil said to the farmer, said, Mr.  
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farmer, I'd like to wish you well. 
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Farmer said to the boll weevil, yeah, and I wish  
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that you were in ---- lookin' for a home, lookin' 
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for a home. 

OUTRO: 
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(Ahh, you'd have a home all right, you'd have a home. 
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 A real hot home, ahhh..you'd have a home..)..(Fade.)