Weevily Wheat



From all over. This version collected by RG from an "heroic

monotone" named Alan Shulman in 1953.



I don't want none of your weevily wheat

I don't want none of your barley,

I want some flour and half an hour

To bake a cake for Charlie.



Charlie's neat and Charlie's sweet

And Charlie, he's a dandy,

He loves to hug and kiss the girls

And feed them sugar candy.



Over the river and through the trees

Over the river to Charlie,

Over the river to feed my sheep

On buckwheat cakes and barley.

Coffee grows on white oak trees

Rivers flow with brandy,

I've got a pretty little blue-eyed gal

Sweet as 'lasses candy.



Mama's gone to Harlem town

Papa's gone to Dover,

Sister's wore her slippers out

A-kickin Charlie over.



Take her by her lily-white hand

Lead her like a pigeon,

Make her dance the weevily wheat

'Til she loses her religion.



Recorded by Raphael Boguslav

Another version sung by Gordon Bok

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