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Blind Willie McTell

Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959), was a Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont blues, although, unlike his contemporaries, he came to exclusively use twelve-string guitars. McTell was also an adept slide guitarist, unusual among ragtime bluesmen. His vocal style, a smooth and often laid-back tenor, differed greatly from many of the harsher voice types employed by Delta bluesmen, such as Charlie Patton. McTell embodied a variety of musical styles, including blues, ragtime, religious music, and hokum. more »

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Boll weevil, boll weevil
Where you get your grand long bill?
""I got it from Texas, I got it from the western hills
I've got it from Texas, I got it from the western hills""

Boll weevil, he told the farmer, says
""Don't you buy no more pills
Ain't gonna make enough money to pay your drug store bills
Ain't going to make enough money to even pay your drug store bills""

Boll weevil, he told the farmer
""Don't you plow no more
Ain't gonna make enough flour, in your back door
You ain't gonna make enough flour to even put in your back door""

Boll weevil, he told the farmer
""Don't buy no Ford machine
You ain't going to make enough money to even buy gasoline
Ain't going to make enough money, even buy gasoline""

Boll weevil said to the farmer
""Don't buy no more pills
Ain't going to make enough money to even buy your meals
Won't make enough money to even buy your meals""

Well now, boll weevil, boll weevil
Where you say you get your great long bill?
""I got it from Texas, out in the western hills
Way out in the Panhandle, out in the western hills""

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