Bugs Lyrics - Singles - Bobbie Gentry

Got a pollywog in your water 

Tadpole in the moonshine vat 

An' granddaddy-long-leg climbing on the screen 

You better watch, you're gonna squash him flat 

Boll weevils in your cotton 

And dirt-dauber busy building a nest 

The red wasp's gonna swoop down and get ya child 

Won't give you a minutes rest 

(she's talkin 'bout) 

Bugs! Everywhere you look there's another kind of bug 

Makes you want to get a club and clout'em 

Yes everybody's talking bout the worrysome bugs 

But ain't nobody doing nothing about 'em 

Shooing the flies away from the table 

Hiding under the quilting bed 

The chiggers running wild in the blackberry bush 

Yellow jackets swarmin' round your head 

They're coming to get your watermelon 

Black ants marching in a long line 

They're lurking in the leaves of the strawberry patch 

And climbing up the tomato vine 

(she gonna tell you about) 

Bugs! 

Bugs! Everywhere you look there's another type of bug 

But if ya live in the delta ya got 'em 

Here's a sure fire way to pass the time of day 

Fold you up a newspaper and swat 'em 

Hey look its me with the DDT 

Umm hmm, umm hmm 

Aint they a mess, them worrysome pests 

Umm hmm, umm umm hmm