| No gypsy woman, no gypsy woman can’t fry no meat for me, lordy mama
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| No gypsy woman can’t fry no meat for me
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| I ain’t scared, I’m skittish she might poison me
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| 'Cause I woke up this morning, woke up this morning
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| Heard somebody callin' me, lordy mama
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| Woke up this morning, heard somebody callin' me
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| Must’ve been a weevil, thing they call the stingaree
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| A bo' weevil’s here, a bo' weevil’s there
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| Each and mama’s everywhere, the preachers tell me that
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| Bo' weevil’s here, bo' weevil’s everywhere
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| I dreamt a dream last night, it was all in your flour there
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| The farmer went to the merchant, said, «I want meat and meal,» lordy mama
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| Farmer went to the merchant, says, «I wants meat and meal»
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| The merchant screamed, «No, no, the bo' weevil’s in your field»
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| Bitin' spider, bitin' spider, crawlin' on the wall
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| Bitin' spider now, crawlin' on the wall
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| Grinds it nat’ral but he’s crazy 'bout his alcohol
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| I heard a mighty rumblin' down under the ground, lordy mama
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| Mighty rumblin' way down under the ground
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| The boll weevil and the devil was thievin' with somebody’s brown
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| Said he was low and squatty, said he was cut to speed, lordy mama
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| He’s low and squatty, said he was cut to speed
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| Says he has everything that a poor bo' weevil needs
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| Now bo' weevil, now bo' weevil, sittin' down on the square, the first time I
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| seen
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| Mister Bo' Weevil, sittin' down on the square
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| Next time I seen him, mama, he had his whole family there
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| Bo' weevil told that farmer, «Buy no Ford machine,» lordy mama
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| He told the farmer not to buy no Ford machine
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| 'Cause he’s gonna fix it so he can’t buy no gasoline |