Mississippi Boweavil Blues

Sees a little boll weevil keeps movin' in the ..., Lordy You can plant your cotton and you won't get a half a bale, Lordy Bo weevil, bo weevil, where's your native home? Lordy "A-Louisiana raised in Texas, Least is where I was bred and born", Lordy Well, I saw the bo weevil, Lord, a-circle, Lord, in the air, Lordy The next time I see'd him, Lord, he had his family there, Lordy Bo weevil left Texas, Lord, he bid me "fare ye well", Lordy (Where you goin' now?) I'm goin' down the Mississippi, gonna give Louisiana hell, Lordy (How is that, boy?) Suck all the blossoms and he leave your hedges square, Lordy The next time I see'd you, you know you had your family there, Lordy Bo weevil meet his wife, "We can sit down on the hill", Lordy Bo weevil told his wife, "Let's trade this forty in", Lordy Bo weevil told his wife, says, "I believe I may go North", Lordy (Hold on, I'm gonna tell all about that) "Let's leave Louisiana, we can go to Arkansas", Lordy Well, I saw the bo weevil, Lord a-circle, Lord, in the air, Lordy Next time I seed him, Lord, he had his family there, Lordy Bo weevil told the farmer that "I 'tain't got ticket fare", Lordy Sucks all the blossom and leave your hedges square, Lordy Bo weevil, bo weevil, where your native home? Lordy "Most anywhere they raise cotton and corn", Lordy Bo weevil, bo weevil, "Outta treat me fair", Lordy The next time I did you had your family there, Lordy