Ballad Of The Bol Weavil

Well, the Bol Weevil is a little black bug
Come from Mexico, they say
Made his way to Texas
A-lookin' for a place to stay

He's lookin' for a home
He's lookin' for a home

The first time I seen the Bol Weevil
Sittin' himself on the square
Next time I seen that Bol Weevil
Had his whole darn family there

Just lookin' for a home
Just lookin' for a home

Well-a, Bol Weevil he said to the doctor
You'd better throw away your pills
Because when I get through with that farmer
Can't pay no doctors bills

He won't have no home
He won't have no home

Wеll-a, the merchant he got {?} cotton
Bol Weevil, hе got rest
He didn't leave that farmers wife
Nothing but a cotton vest

And it's full of holes
Man, it's full of holes

Now the, the farmer he said to the merchant
We ain't only made but one bale
And before I'm gonna give this one to you
I'll fight and go to jail

I'll have a home
And then I'll have a home

Well, if anybody should ask you
Who was it sang this song
You can tell 'em it was a poor old cotton farmer
Who lost his home and had to move on

I ain't got no home
I ain't got no home
I ain't got no home
I ain't got no home