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Album: Miscellaneous (2000) Artists: Brook Benton A House Is Not A Home A House Is Not A Home Another Cup Of Coffee Another Cup Of Coffee Don't It Make You Want To Go Home Endlessly Fools Rush In (where Angels Fear To Tread) Frankie And Johnny Going Going Gone Hotel Happiness It's Just A Matter Of Time Kiddio Lie To Me Rainy Night In Georgia Revenge Thank You Pretty Baby The Boll Weevil Song The Ties That Bind Too Late To Turn Back Now Two Tickets To Paradise Walk On The Wild Side

Song: The Boll Weevil Song Artists: Brook Benton Favorite: Add Remove Brook Benton Miscellaneous The Boll Weevil Song 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" BR ho-o-o-o-o,-o-o-o, -o-o-o, o-o-ome" BR BRAnd the boll weevil spotted a lightning bug. He said "Hey, I'd like to make a trade with BRyou. But, ya see if I was a lightning bug, I'd search the whole night through" BR SEARCHIN' for a home, I'd have me plenty of home" BR BRAnd the boll weevil called the farmer, 'n' he said "Ya better sell your old machines, BR'cause when I'm through with your cotton, heh, you can't even buy gasoline." I'M gonnaBR stake me a home, gotta have a home BR BRAnd the boll weevil said to the farmer, said " Farmer, I'd like to wish you well." BRFarmer said to the boll weevil, "Yeah, an' I wish that you were in ****" LOOKIN' for a BR home, lookin' for a home (Ahh, you have a home all right, you have a home (A real hot BRhome, ahhh BR BRFADE BR BR BRTranscribed by Robin Hood BR BRThese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above BRand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet BRmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets. BR BR

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