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(Mr. Ormand: "Hello, folks. Tell you this, there's a little story about the
boll weevil. Remember, he is the boll weevil that ate up all the farmers' cotton
and left him without a home.") So the first time I saw the boll weevil, I saw him at . . . (Mr. Ormand: "Wait a minute. I started on 'The Kicking Mule,' didn't I?") First time I saw the boll weevil, I saw him at the Dallas fair. Next time I saw the boll weevil, He was scattered here and there. He's a-hunting him a home; He's a-hunting him a home. Farmer's wife took the boll weevil, And she put him in a cake of ice. The boll weevil said to the farmer, "It's awful cool and nice. Gonna get your home, And your cotton, too." So the farmers took the boll weevil And rolled him in the sand. Boll weevil said to the farmer, "I'll stand it like a man. Gonna get your home, And your cotton, too." Farmer's wife told the farmer, "Oh, let me tell you a fact. I found four boll weevils In your brand-new Stetson hat. Yes, they had them a home, Yes, they had them a home." (Mr. Ormand: "Now let's see about that 'Kicking Mule.' Turn him off.") |
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