Boll Weevil tol' the farmer
Don't need no Ford machine
I'll eat up all your cotton
Can't buy no gasoline
Boll Weevil tol' the farmer
You better treat me right
I'll eat up all your cotton
Sleep in your grain'ry tonight
Can't see no water
But I'm about to drown
I can't see no fire
But I'm burnin' down
Yonder comes the spider
Runnin' up an' down the wall
I reckon he's goin' to get his ashes hauled
Get his ashes hauled
Boll Weevil tol' the farmer
Don't need no Ford machine
I'll eat up all your cotton
Can't buy no gasoline