The Boll Weevil Song

Let me tell ya a story about a boll weevil

Some of you may not know, but a boll weevil is an insect

And he's found mostly where cotton grows

But now, where they come from, nobody really knows

But this is the way the story goes

Farmer said to the boll weevil

Said, "I see you're on the square"

And the boll weevil said to the farmer

Say, "Yep, my whole darn family's here"

Gotta have a home

Gotta have a home

Then the farmer said to the boll weevil

"Why do you pick my farm?"

Boll weevil just laughed at the farmer and said

"Man, we ain't gonna do ya much harm

But we're looking for a home"

The boll weevil spotted a lightning bug

And he said, "Hey, I'd like to make a trade with you

But you see, if I was a lightning bug

I'd search the whole night through"

Searchin' for a home

Yeah, I'd have me plenty of home

And the boll weevil called the farmer

It said, "You better sell your old machines

'Cause when I'm through with your cotton, heh

You can't even buy gasoline"

I'm gonna take me a home

Gotta have a home

The boll weevil called the farmer

Said, "Farmer, I'd like to wish you well"

Farmer said to the boll weevil

"Yeah, and I wish that you were in"

Looking for a home

Looking for a home

And, ah, you have a home, boy

You have a home

A real hot home

Ah, beautiful gome

You have a home