《The Boll Weevil Song》歌词

[00:00:00] The Boll Weevil Song - Brook Benton (布鲁克·本顿)

[00:00:10] Let me tell ya a story about a boll weevil

[00:00:14] Now some of you may not know

[00:00:17] But a boll weevil is an insect

[00:00:21] And he's found mostly where cotton grows

[00:00:25] Now where he comes from hm nobody really knows

[00:00:32] But this is way the the story goes

[00:00:39] The farmer said to the boll weevil

[00:00:42] I see you're on the square

[00:00:46] Boll weevil said to the farmer

[00:00:48] Say yep my whole darn family's here

[00:00:52] We gotta have home

[00:00:56] We gotta have home

[00:01:00] The farmer said to the boll weevil

[00:01:04] Say why do you pick my farm

[00:01:08] The weevil just laughed at the farmer 'n' said

[00:01:11] We ain't gonna do ya much harm

[00:01:13] We looking have a home

[00:01:22] And the boll weevil spotted a lightning bug

[00:01:25] He said hey I'd like to

[00:01:26] Make a trade with you

[00:01:29] But ya see if I was a lightning bug

[00:01:32] I'd search the whole night through

[00:01:35] Seatch at a home I have be every a home

[00:01:44] And the boll weevil called the farmer

[00:01:46] 'N' he said

[00:01:47] Ya better sell your old machines

[00:01:51] 'Cause when I'm through with your cotton

[00:01:53] Heh you can't even buy gasoline

[00:01:56] Stake me a home gotta have a home

[00:02:05] And the boll weevil said to the farmer

[00:02:08] Said farmer

[00:02:09] I'd like to wish you well

[00:02:13] Farmer said to the boll weevil

[00:02:15] Yeah an' I wish that you were in

[00:02:18] Lookin' for a home

[00:02:22] Lookin' for a home

[00:02:24] Ahh you have a home all right

[00:02:29] You have a home

[00:02:32] A real hot home ahhh