Boll Weevil Song:Brook Benton.
#2 on BB Hot 100 on Mercury Records
in 1961. (Most popular song he ever
recorded.)
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#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.
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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.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.