Classic Poem

1

De farmer say to de weevil:
" What you doin' on de square? "
De li'l bug say to de farmer:
" Got a nice big fambly dere;
Goin' to have a home, goin' to have a home. "

2

Farmer say to de boll weevil:
" You's right up on de square. "
Boll weevil say to de farmer:
" Mah whole fambly's there,
I have a home, I have a home. "

3

Boll weevil say to de lightnin' bug:
" Can I get up a trade wid you?
If I was a lightnin' bug,
I'd work the whole night through,
All night long, all night long. "

4

Don' you see dem creepers
Now have done me wrong?
Boll weevil got my cotton,
An' de merchan' got my corn;
What shall I do? I've got de blues.

5

Boll weevil say to de merchan':
" Bettah drink yo' col' lemonade;
W'en I get through wid you,
Goin' to drag you out o' dat shade,
I have a home, I have a home. "

6

Boll weevil say to de doctah:
" Bettah pull out all dem pills,
W'en I get through wid de farmer,
Can't pay no doctah's bills.
I have a home, I have a home. "

7

Boll weevil say to de preacher:
" Bettah close up dem church doors,
W'en I get through wid de farmer,
Can't pay de preacher no mo'.
I have a home, I have a home. "

8

Boll weevil say to de farmer:
" You can ride in dat Fohd machine.
But w'en I get through wid yo' cotton,
Can't buy no gasoline,
Won't have no home, won't have no home. "

9

Boll weevil say to de farmer:
" I'm a sittin' here on dis gate,
W'en I get through wid de farmer,
He's goin' to sell his Cadillac Eight,
I have a home, I have a home. "

10

Boll weevil say to his wife:
" Bettah stan' up on yo' feet,
Look way down in Mississippi,
At de cotton we'd got to eat,
All night long, all night long. "

11

De farmer say to de merchan':
" I want some meat an' meal! "
" Get away f'm here, yo' son-of-a-gun,
Yo' got boll weevils in yo' fiel',
Goin' to get yo' home, goin' to get yo' home. "

12

Boll weevil say to de farmer,
" I wish you all is well! "
Farmer say to de boll weevil:
" I wish you wuz in hell!
I'd have a home, I'd have a home. "