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The Boll Weevil
Brook Benton

Let me tell ya a story about a boll weevil
Now, some of you may not know
But a boll weevil is an insect
And he's found mostly where cotton grows
Now, where he comes from, hm, nobody really knows
But this is the way the story goes

The farmer said to the boll weevil
I see you're on the square
Boll weevil said to the farmer
Say yep, my whole darn family's here

The farmer said to the boll weevil
Say, why do you pick my farm
The weevil just laughed at the farmer 'n' said
We ain't gonna do ya much harm
Ho-o-o-o-o,-o-o-o, -o-o-o, o-o-ome

And the boll weevil spotted a lightning bug.
He said Hey, I'd like to make a trade with you
But, ya see if I was a lightning bug
I'd search the whole night through

And the boll weevil called the farmer, 'n' he said
Ya better sell your old machines
'Cause when I'm through with your cotton
Heh, you can't even buy gasoline
Stake me a home, gotta have a home

And the boll weevil said to the farmer, said Farmer
I'd like to wish you well
Farmer said to the boll weevil
Yeah, an' I wish that you were in home
Lookin' for a home
(Ahh, you have a home all right, you have a home
(A real hot home, ahhh


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  A Little Bit of Soap   A Million Miles from Nowhere   A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square   A Rainy Night in Georgia   Again   All My Love Belongs to You   Because You Love Me   Blue Moon   Boll Weevil   Boll Weevil [Stereo]   Boll Weevil Song   Born Under a Bad Sign   Call Me Irresponsible   Careless Love   Chains of Love   Endlessly [Stereo]   Everyday With You Girl   Fools Rush In [Mono Version]   For My Baby [Mono Version]   Goodnight My Love   Hey There   Hold Me   I Believe   I Only Have Eyes for You   I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas   If You Are But a Dream   Just as Much as Ever   Keep the Faith, Baby   Kiddio [Stereo]   Let Me in Your World   Looking Back   Love Is a Many Splendored Thing   Love Me Or Leave Me   Lover, Come Back to Me   Making Love Is Good for You   Moon River   Moonlight in Vermomt   My Way   Nothing in This World   Oh! What It Seemed to Be   Pledging My Love   Rainy Night In Georgia   Rainy Night in Georgie   Shadrack   So Close [Stereo]   So Many Ways [Stereo]   Someone to Watch over Me   Still Waters Run Deep   Thank You Pretty Baby [Stereo]   That Old Feeling   The Hawaiian Wedding Song   The More I See You   The Nearness of You   The Second Time Around   There Goes My Heart   This Time of the Year   Try a Little Tenderness   Two Tickets to Paradise   Unforgettable   Valley of Tears   When I Fall in Love   Where Do I Go from Here?   Whoever Finds This I Love You   Why Try to Change Me Now?   Will You Love Me Tomorrow   Willie and Laura Mae Jones   You Should Have Told Me

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