{"id":7092,"date":"2007-10-01T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T04:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7092"},"modified":"2008-04-10T08:56:54","modified_gmt":"2008-04-10T12:56:54","slug":"the-ballad-of-the-boll-weevil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7092","title":{"rendered":"The Ballad of the Boll Weevil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Boll_Weevil.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nSharecropper working with one-horse plow,<br \/>\nGreen County, Georgia, July 1937.<br \/>\nPhoto by Dorothea Lange, Farm Security Administration\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"> <a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\"> Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Boll_Weevil.mp3\">The Ballad of the Boll Weevil<\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">This is a fairly new folk song. The Boll Weevil didn&#8217;t come to Texas from Mexico until around 1900. Sharecroppers who sang this song took delight in identifying with this nearly indestructible insect. It gave them great hope!<\/p>\n<p>Barry McGuire was visiting the Folk Den and we sang The Ballad of the Boll Weevil together, trading verses. McGuinn &#038; McGuire &#8211; sit and sing by the fire. To read more about Barry McGuire&#8217;s visit, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/rogermcguinn.blogspot.com\/\">Roadie Report 30<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\nThe Ballad of the Boll Weevil<\/p>\n<p>[G] The Boll Weevil is a little black bug come from Mexico they say<br \/>\n[C] All the way from Texas, just a-lookin&#8217; for a place to [G] stay<br \/>\n[D7] Just a-lookin&#8217; for a home,  [G] just a-lookin&#8217; for a home<br \/>\n[C] Just a-lookin&#8217; for a home,  [G]  just a-lookin&#8217; for a home<br \/>\n[D7] Just a-lookin&#8217; for a home,  [G] just a-lookin&#8217; for a home<\/p>\n<p>The first time I saw the boll weevil he was sitting in the square<br \/>\nThe next time I saw the boll weevil he had his whole family there<br \/>\nJust a-lookin&#8217; for a home (X6)<\/p>\n<p>The farmer took the boll weevil and put him in the hot hot sand<br \/>\nThe boll weevil said &#8220;This is mighty hot but I&#8217;ll stand in it like a man&#8221;<br \/>\nThis&#8217;ll be my home (X6)<\/p>\n<p>The farmer took the boll weevil and put him in a lump of ice<br \/>\nThe weevil said to the farmer &#8221; Man! This is mighty cool and nice&#8221;<br \/>\nThis&#8217;ll be my home (X6)<\/p>\n<p>The boll weevil said to the farmer &#8220;You can ride that Ford machine<br \/>\nBut when I get through with your cotton field you won&#8217;t buy no gasoline<br \/>\nYou won&#8217;t have no home&#8221; (X6)<\/p>\n<p>The merchant got half the cotton the boll weevil got the rest<br \/>\nHe didn&#8217;t leave that farmer&#8217;s wife but one old cotton dress<br \/>\nAnd it was full of holes (X6)<\/p>\n<p>The Boll Weevil is a little black bug come from Mexico they say<br \/>\nAll the way from Texas just a-lookin&#8217; for a place to stay\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/tools\/diggthis.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharecropper working with one-horse plow, Green County, Georgia, July 1937. Photo by Dorothea Lange, Farm Security Administration How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: The Ballad of the Boll Weevil This is a fairly new folk song. The Boll Weevil didn&#8217;t come to Texas from Mexico until around 1900. Sharecroppers who sang this song took &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7092\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Ballad of the Boll Weevil&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mountainsouthernus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8704,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7092\/revisions\/8704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}