The Mississippi bollweevil ain't got no natural home, Lordie! Louisiana lived, in Texas where I was bred and born, Lordie Bollweevil, bollweevil, say where's your native home? Lordie Most anywhere they raise cotton and corn, Lordie Bollweevil left Texas, Lord, he bid me "fare ye well", Lordie Down the Mississippi, gonna give Louisiana hell, Lordie Well, I saw the bollweevil a-circle in the air, Lordie The next time I seed him, Lord, he had his family there, Lordie The Mississippi bollweevil ain't got no natural home, Lordie! Most anywhere they raise cotton and corn, Lordie (spoken: Play) Mississippi, Mississippi Mississippi, Mississippi Mississippi, Mississippi Mississippi, Mississippi The Mississippi bollweevil ain't got no natural home, Lordie! The Mississippi bollweevil ain't got no natural home, Lordie! The Mississippi bollweevil ain't got no natural home, Lordie, Lord!