"The Boll Weevil Song" is a traditional blues song from the Sing a Song of Wiggles album and video.
Lyrics[]
Let me tell you 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, hmm...
Nobody really knows;
But this is the way story goes
The farmer said to the boll weevil,
"I see you're on the square".
The boll weevil said to the farmer,
"Say, yep! My whole darn family is here".
The farmer said to the boll weevil,
"Say, why do you pick my farm?"
The weevil just laughed at the farmer and said,
"We ain't gonna do you much harm".
Looking for a home,
Gotta have a home.
And the boll weevil spotted a lightning bug, he said,
"Hey, I'd like to make a trade with you
But you see, if I was a lightning bug
I'd search the whole night through".
Looking for a home,
Gotta have a home.
And the boll weevil called the farmer and he said
"You better sell your old machines,
'Cause when I'm through with your cotton,
Hey, you can't even buy gasoline".
Looking for a home,
Gotta have a home.
And the boll weevil said to the farmer,
"I'd like to wish you well".
Farmer said to the boll weevil
"Yeah! And I wish you weren't".
Looking for a home,
Gotta have a home.
Looking for a home,
Gotta have a home.
Looking for a home,
Gotta have a home.
Looking for a home,
Gotta have a home.
Looking for a home,
Gotta have a home.
Song Credits[]
Trad. Arr. B. Benton, C. Otis (Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia)