The Boll Weevil Song
- Artist: Brook Benton as sung on "The Satin Sound Brook Benton"
- Suffolk Marketing-SMI 2
- peak Billboard position # 2 in 1961
- NOT to be confused with the Fats Domino-written "Bo Weevil" that was charted
in 1956 at # 17 by Teresa Brewer and # # 35 by Domino
- Words and Music by Brook Benton and Clyde Otis

Transcriber's note: all words are spoken EXCEPT those in which are sung
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"
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 ****" (Ahh, you have a home all right, you have a home> (A real hot
home, ahhh
FADE

Transcribed by Robin Hood
These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above
and do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet
music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets