Boll Weevil Blues - Woody Guthrie
Boll Weevil said to the farmer, I'll stay right in your field When I get through with your Cadillac you'll really wheel and deal And I'll git your home, I'll git your home Farmer said to the merchant I want some meat and meal Get out of here you son-of-a-gun , Boll Weevil in your field And I'll git your home, git your home Well the farmer went to the banker, I'd like to cash a check Get out of here you son-of-a-gun, Boll Weevil down your neck Gittin' your home, boy, gittin' your home Boll Weevil said to the merchant, like to cash a note Get out of here you rascal Boll Weevil's on your coat Gittin' your home, gittin' your home Oh Boll Weevil went to the merchant, a-????? on his gate Get to your cotton, boy, you'll sell that Cadillac Eight I'm a-gittin' your home, I'm a-gittin' your home Yes, said the farmer, see you on the square Yes sir, said the Boll Weevil, my whole family's there Gittin your home, gittin' your home Gittin' your home, gittin' your home Hey, hey, hey, that Boll Weevil's gittin' your home Gittin' your home boy, gittin' your home Well the farmer took that Boll Weevil, laid hime in the sand Boll Weevil said thank you, stand it like a man I'm gittin' your, gittin' your home Farmer said to the Boll Weevil, treat you mighty nice (?) walk the line It'll be my home, it'll be my home Well, the Boll Weevil he made a trip from Mexico they say Comin' down to Texas, lookin' for a place to stay He's a-gittin' a home, He's a-gittin' a home
Artist: Woody Guthrie
Title: Boll Weevil Blues