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[official lyrics]
You can talk about the latest,/The latest of your home,
These boll weevils,/They will rob you of a home,
They're a-looking for a home,/They're a-looking for a home.
One time I seen a boll weevil,/He was sitting on a square,
Next time I seen the boll weevil,/He had his whole family there,
He was looking for a home,/He was looking for a home.
The farmer take the boll weevil,/Put him in the sand,
Boll weevil said to the farmer,/"You treat me just like a man.
And I'll have a home, and I will have a home."
I will have a home, I will have a home. (2x)
The farmer take the boll weevil,/Put him on the ice,
The boll weevil said to the farmer,/"You is treating me mighty nice.
And I will have a home, and I will have a home."
The old lady said to the old man,/"I been trying my level best,
Keep these boll weevils/Out of my brand new cotton dress-
It's full of holes, and it's full of holes."
The old man said to the old lady,/"What do you think of that?
I got one of them boll weevils out of my brand new Stetson hat-
And it's full of holes, and it's full of holes
It is full of holes, it is full of holes.
It is full of holes, it is full of holes.
Now the farmer, he said to the merchant,/"I never made but one bale,
Before I'll let you have that last one,/I will suffer and die in
jail,
I will have a home, I will have a home."
If anyone should ask you children, who made up this song?/Tell em this is
Huddie Ledbetter,
He's done been here and gone,/He's looking for a home, he's looking for a
home.
He's looking for a home, he's looking for a home. (2X)
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Performed by The White Stripes
Written by Leadbelly
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