Pete Seeger — Ballad of the Boll Weevil

Have you heard the latest? The latest of the song 'Bout that little boll weevil He done been here and gone Looking for a home Looking for a home Boll weevil, he's a little black bug From Mexico, they say Came all the way to Texas Looking for a place to stay Looking for a home Just looking for a home, home, home Looking for a home Just looking for a home Now the first time I seen the boll weevil He was sitting on the square Next time I seen the boll weevil He had his whole damn family there He's looking for a home He's looking for a home, home, home Looking for a home He's looking for a home Well the farmer took the boll weevil He put him in a cake of ice The boll weevil said to the farmer This is mighty cool and nice This'll be my home This'll be my home Now the farmer took the boll weevil And put him in the hot sand Boll weevil said this is mighty hot But I'll stand it like a man It'll be my home It'll be my home, home, home It'll be my home It'll be my home The boll weevil said to the farmer You'd better leave me alone I ate all your cotton, now I'm gonna Start in on your corn I'm looking for a home I'm looking for a home, home, home Looking for a home I'm looking for a home The farmer said to his missus What d'you think of that? Boll weevil's gone and ate a hole In my best Sunday hat He's looking for a home He's looking for a home Farmer said to the merchant I ain't made but one bale 'Fore I give you that one I'd fight and go to jail I'll keep my home I'll keep my home Oh, the boll weevil's got half the cotton and The merchant's got the rest Didn't leave the farmer's wife But one old cotton dress And it's full of holes And it's full of holes It's full of holes It's full of holes Now if anyone should ask you Who was it made this song Tell 'em a poor old farmer He done been here and gone He ain't got no home He ain't got no home He ain't got no home He ain't got no home