The boll weevil song- artist: brook benton as sung on andquot;the satin sound brook bentonandquot;- suffolk marketing-smi 2- peak billboard position # 2 in 1961- not to be confused with the fats domino-written andquot;bo weevilandquot; that was charted in 1956 at # 17 by teresa brewer and # # 35 by domino- words and music by brook benton and clyde otistranscriberand's note: all words are spoken except those in andlt; andgt; which are sung.let me tell ya a story about a boll weevilnow, some of you may not know, but a boll weevil is an insect. and heand'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 andquot;i see youand're on the squareandquot; boll weevil said to thefarmer andquot;say yep! my whole darn familyand's hereandquot; andlt;we gotta have a home, gotta have a homeandgt;the farmer said to the boll weevil andquot;say, why do you pick my farm?andquot; the weevil justlaughed at the farmer and'nand' said andquot;we ainand't gonna do ya much harmandquot; andlt;weand're looking for aho-o-o-o-o,-o-o-o, -o-o-o, o-o-omeandquot;and the boll weevil spotted a lightning bug. he said andquot;hey, iand'd like to make a trade withyou. but, ya see if i was a lightning bug, iand'd search the whole night throughandquot;andlt;searchinand' for a home, iand'd have me plenty of homeandquot;and the boll weevil called the farmer, and'nand' he said andquot;ya better sell your old machines,and'cause when iand'm through with your cotton, heh, you canand't even buy gasoline.andquot; andlt;iand'm gonnastake me a home, gotta have a homeandgt;and the boll weevil said to the farmer, said andquot; farmer, iand'd like to wish you well.andquot; farmer said to the boll weevil, andquot;yeah, anand' i wish that you were in ****andquot; andlt;lookinand' for ahome, lookinand' for a homeandgt; (ahh, you have a home all right, you have a homeandgt; (a real hothome, ahhhfadetranscribed by robin hoodthese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned aboveand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheetmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.
