The song is a traditional blues song, authors unknown. It became well known as a result of Lead Belly's rendition of it as recorded by folklorist Alan Lomax in 1934.
Wah, hoo) Well, the Boll Weevil and the little black bug Come from a Mexico they say Came all the way to Texas Just a lookin' for a place to stay Just a lookin' for a home Just a lookin' for a home (Doo, doo, wop, wop) Well, the first time that I seen the Boll Weevil He was a-sittin' on the square Well, the next time that I seen him He had his a family there Just a lookin' for a home Just a lookin' for a home (Doo, doo, wop, wop) Well, the farmer took the Boll Weevil And he put him on the red hot sand Well, the Weevil said, "This is a mighty hot But I take it like a man This will be my home, this will be my home" Well, the farmer took the Boll Weevil And he put him on a keg of ice Well, the Weevil said to the farmer "This is mighty cool and nice This will be my home, this will be my home" (Doo, doo, wop, wop) Well, if anybody should ask you Who it was who sang this song? Say a guitar picker from a Oklahoma city With a pair of blue jeans on Just a lookin' for a home Just a lookin' for a home (Doo-doo-wop-wop)
She wrote her first piano ballad when she was 13.
www.rhapsody.com/carlsandburgCheck this site out My mother use to sing this song to me when I was little and I have never forgotten it. She changed some of the words but the tune and meaning were all the same hope you enjoy!
Ana Gabriel wrote and performed the ballad "Ay Amor." She is a Mexican singer and song-writer. Videos of Ana Gabriel performing the song can be seen on You Tube.
Bryan Adams wrote a power ballad titled "Heaven." It appears on the albums A Night in Heaven (movie soundtrack, 1983) and Reckless (Bryan Adams album, 1984).
a boll weevil is a type of bug
can a boll weevil fly
The Boll Weevil is found in Texas and Mexico.
The boll weevil ruined the cotton crops.
Boll Weevil - restaurant - was created in 1966.
Boll Weevil - song - was created in 1961.
The Boll Weevil
The boll weevil got it's name because it is a weevil, which is a type of beetle. It is called a boll weevil because it eats the bolls of young cotton plants along with the buds.
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The boll weevil looks like a little pinkish bug that feeds on cotton
The boll weevil has this big snout and it uses it to bite the top of the cotton plant. Then it licks out the cotton until it has no more cotton inside the ball. The boll weevil larvae and pupal do the same thing but they have to get help from the adult boll weevil to eat the top og the cotton plant.
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