Boll weevil told the farmer
You better treat me right
I’ll eat up all of your cotton
Sleep in your grain rail tonight

Boll weevil told the farmer
You don’t need no Ford machine
I’ll eat up all of your cotton
Can’t buy no gasoline

Yon comes the spider
Crawled up and down the wall
He must’ve been goin’
To get his hash’s haul

I don’t see no water
But I’m about to drown
I don’t see no fire
But I’m burning down

[1] Boll weevil told the farmer
You better treat me right
I’ll eat up all of your cotton
Sleep in your [5] grain rail to-[1]-night [5] [1]

Boll weevil told the farmer
You don’t need no Ford machine
I’ll eat up all of your cotton
Can’t buy no gasoline

Yon comes the spider
Crawled up and down the wall
He must’ve been goin’
To get his hash’s haul

I don’t see no water
But I’m about to drown
I don’t see no fire
But I’m burning down