(Brook Benton and Clyde Otis)
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Let me tell ya a story about a boll weevil
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Now, some of you may not know
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But a boll weevil is an insect
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And he's found mostly where cotton grows
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Now, where he comes from, hm, nobody really knows
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But this is the way the story goes
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The farmer said to the boll weevil
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"I see you're on the square"
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Boll weevil said to the farmer
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"Say yep, my whole darn family's here"
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The farmer said to the boll weevil
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"Say, why do you pick my farm"
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The weevil just laughed at the farmer 'n' said
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"We ain't gonna do ya much harm"
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Ho-o-o-o-o,-o-o-o, -o-o-o, o-o-ome"
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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
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But, ya see if I was a lightning bug
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I'd search the whole night through"
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And the boll weevil called the farmer, 'n' he said
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"Ya better sell your old machines
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'Cause when I'm through with your cotton
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Heh, you can't even buy gasoline
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"Stake me a home, gotta have a home
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And the boll weevil said to the farmer, said " Farmer
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I'd like to wish you well"
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Farmer said to the boll weevil
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"Yeah, an' I wish that you were in ****" home
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Lookin' for a home
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(Ahh, you have a home all right, you have a home
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(A real hot home, ahhh
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The Boll Weevil Song
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Brook Benton |