Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues Charlie Patton - also by Lead Belly, Linda Tillery Sees a little boll weevil* keeps movin' in You can plant your cotton and you won't get a half a bale Bo weevil, bo weevil, where's your native home? A-Louisiana raised in Texas, least is where I was bred and born Well, I saw the bo weevil, Lord, a-circle, Lord, in the air The next time I seed him, Lord, he had his family there Bo weevil left Texas, Lord, he bid me: fare ye well (spoken: Where you goin' now?) I'm goin' down the Mississippi, gonna give Louisiana hell (spoken: How is that, boy?) Suck all the blossoms and he leave your hedges square The next time I seed you, you know you had your family there Bo weevil meet his wife: We can sit down on the hill Bo weevil told his wife: Let's trade this fourty** in Bo weevil told his wife, says: I believe I may go North (spoken: Hold on, I'm gonna tell all about that) Let's leave Louisiana, we can go to Arkansas Well, I saw the bo weevil, Lord a-circle, Lord, in the air Next time I seed him, Lord, he had his family there Bo weevil told the farmer that: I 'tain't got ticket fare Sucks all the blossom and leave your hedges square Bo weevil, bo weevil, where your native home? Most anywhere they raise cotton and corn Bo weevil, bo weevil, outta treat me fair The next time I did you had your family there ---- *  Also spelled weavil = a beetle that infested the cotton plants,     desaster for many farms in the 1920's ** fourty acres     alles-uke.de