Hey, boll weevil,
Don’t sing them blues no more,
Hey, hey, boll weevil,
Don’t sing them blues no more,
Boll weevils here, boll weevils everywhere you go
I’m a lone boll weevil, been out a good long time,
I’m a lone boll weevil, been out a good long time,
I’m gonna sing this tune
to ease a boll weevil’s lonesome mind.
I don’t want no man to put no sugar in my tea,
I don’t want no man to put no sugar in my tea,
Some of them are so evil,
I'm ‘fraid they might poison me.
I went downtown and bought me a hat,
I brought it back home,
I laid it on the shelf, looked at my bed,
I’m gettin’ tired of sleeping by myself.