Boll Weevil - Blind Willie McTell

Boll weevil, boll weevil

Where you get your grand long bill?

«I got it from Texas, I got it from the western hills

I’ve got it from Texas, I got it from the western hills»

Boll weevil, he told the farmer, says

«Don't you buy no more pills

Ain’t gonna make enough money to pay your drug store bills

Ain’t going to make enough money to even pay your drug store bills»

Boll weevil, he told the farmer

«Don't you plow no more

Ain’t gonna make enough flour, in your back door

You ain’t gonna make enough flour to even put in your back door»

Boll weevil, he told the farmer

«Don't buy no Ford machine

You ain’t going to make enough money to even buy gasoline

Ain’t going to make enough money, even buy gasoline»

Boll weevil said to the farmer

«Don't buy no more pills

Ain’t going to make enough money to even buy your meals

Won’t make enough money to even buy your meals»

Well now, boll weevil, boll weevil

Where you say you get your great long bill?

«I got it from Texas, out in the western hills

Way out in the Panhandle, out in the western hills»