Mississippi Bo Weavel Blues

Sees a little boll weevil keeps movin' in the, Lordie!
 You can plant your cotton and you won't get a half a bale, Lordie
 Bo weevil, bo weevil, where's your native home? Lordie
 "A-Louisiana raised in Texas,
 least is where I was bred and born", Lordie
 Well, I saw the bo weevil, Lord, a-circle, Lord, in the air, Lordie
 The next time I see'd him, Lord, he had his family there, Lordie
 Bo weevil left Texas, Lord, he bid me "fare ye well", Lordie
 (spoken: Where you goin' now?)
 I'm goin' down the Mississippi, gonna give Louisiana hell, Lordie
 (spoken: How is that, boy?)
 Suck all the blossoms and he leave your hedges square, Lordie
 The next time I see'd you, you know you had your family there, Lordie
 Bo weevil meet his wife, "We can sit down on the hill", Lordie
 Bo weevil told his wife, "Let's trade this forty in", Lordie
 Bo weevil told his wife, says, "I believe I may go North", Lordie
 (spoken: Hold on, I'm gonna tell all about that)
 "Let's leave Louisiana, we can go to Arkansas", Lordie
 Well, I saw the bo weevil, Lord a-circle, Lord, in the air, Lordie
 Next time I seed him, Lord, he had his family there, Lordie
 Bo weevil told the farmer that "I 'tain't got ticket fare", Lordie
 Sucks all the blossom and leave your hedges square, Lordie
 Bo weevil, bo weevil, where your native home? Lordie
 "Most anywhere they raise cotton and corn", Lordie
 Bo weevil, bo weevil, "Outta treat me fair", Lordie
 The next time I did you had your family there, Lordie