E~slave Stories ( Texaa)
Fege Three
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and de~T plows up all de spiders ~nd de cold. kill c~m. De~r planta later, and d~re ain~~ no spiders left to e~‘t up de boll~..weevi1.

III	icűows an Old boil—wcevi.l song, what us sing in de f i~lds:



“Dc boliweevil is a ii‘l bug, from Mexico, dey sa~r, Pe come tr~r dis Texae soil, an~1 think he better stay, k-4ookin‘ for a horns ~ ~jes‘ loo~dn‘ ~or a

“Dt~ farmer took ~e bollw~vil ~nd tut ~uirn in (le ~and,
Boll weevil ~pid to far~n~r, ‘I‘ll st~.nd it like ~ r~n,
For its jes‘ rn~r horn.~ ~ its jes‘ :~r home.
Upiret ti:rie I seed de NE~X‘ time I seed c~t
A~—lookin‘ for a home
WPCVII,

weevil,
he on de e~‘stern ti~ain, he on de i~erapiiis train, I o oki n‘ for ahome.
~If anybodv axes you who writ dis 11‘l song,
Its jest ~ darkr-.skin nigger, with old blue duckin‘s on.