I remember my grandpa singing that song when I was barely five years old. In fact he told me the story of the boll weevil, and its destructive power over cotton and the farmer. There is a statue of the boll weevil in a small town in Alabama. Enterprise, Alabama.
When I get to heaven, I'm gonna ask The Lord if I can see the great Tex Ritter and I will ask him to play this song and Rye Whisky and High Noon before moving on.
I'm a setting in Texas looking at one of these bugs earlier thinking it was cute now I I found out what it is and I'm thinking wow you just about broke the American cotton industry!
Had farmer thrown a few rows of fine Cannabis Indica in the back 40, none of this would have been a problem. Farmer would'a had a mighty fine cash crop, and ol' weevil woulda been too high to eat all the cotton up.
I believe it came off of the RFD Channel. A friend who shared it with me gets that on satellite dish. Not sure which dish company. My cable doesn't carry it OR CMT.
@@79tazman God loves the dreamers looking for a better life too - as do most Christians, but Republicans are too full of hate to bother with "the weightier matters of the Law" Jesus spoke about in Mathew 23:23.
@@79tazman You couldn't be more wrong. Reagan gave amnesty to 1.5 million illegals. The last person to present a bill to massively reform immigration was a Black, Lesbian Democrat Barbara Jordan. And guess who shot that bill down because they wanted a vast pool of cheap labour? That's right....Republicans.
God. Bless. You. And. I. Miss. You. Mr. Tex. Ritter. Sir. I've. Love. You. Ever. Since. I. Was. A. Small. Lad. Back. In. The. 50s. Now. It's. 2023. You. We're. One. Of. My. Best. Cowboy. Heros. Respectfully. Retired. Private. First. Class. United. States. Army. Dennis. Lee. Jensen. 😊😊😊❤❤❤😊😊😊❤❤❤
one of my dad's all-time favorites.
I remember my grandpa singing that song when I was barely five years old. In fact he told me the story of the boll weevil, and its destructive power over cotton and the farmer. There is a statue of the boll weevil in a small town in Alabama. Enterprise, Alabama.
Tex Ritter's son is John Ritter of the tv show Three's Company.
Tex’s grandson Jason was also the voice of Dipper from a Disney animated show called Gravity Falls.
When I get to heaven, I'm gonna ask The Lord if I can see the great Tex Ritter and I will ask him to play this song and Rye Whisky and High Noon before moving on.
Yes, I dreamed I was in hilly Billy heaven , oh eat wonderfully sight !
I think you’ll be in a very long queue that will just keep extending!
Me too..
@@chrisrattray8958 hahahaha
I think that between you and me, Tex might get a lot of work in heaven.
this is what you call real country music....
I'm a bollweevil and I'm still looking for a home
As a former cotton farmer, I feel this. After I went broke, I was looking for a home.😹
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boll_Weevil_Monument
Me to Don't make much money working cotton and it's hot work
@@matthewlivermanne4441 Lots of pesticides go into those fields too. One of the most heavily crop-planed here in Louisiana, I am told.
One of the greatest! No wonder why his son John was such a hit on TV. Both shared a sense of humour that was infectious.
I'm a setting in Texas looking at one of these bugs earlier thinking it was cute now I I found out what it is and I'm thinking wow you just about broke the American cotton industry!
A legend..phenomenal
Any else notice the guitar player (next to the banjo player) with the mangled hand missing 3 fingers?
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is Great to listening to and I love it
What year would this be?
its part of my earliest music listening - ace
NEAT!
Does anyone know who the violinist is? He's playing right-handed
My guess is that it"s Joe Holley.....
One of these days I will find the time to decode this song...until then ,,,hmmm
This song is so good but messed up in many ways because it's true...
The man from from Tenaha, Timpson, Bobo and Blair!
Country man
It looks legit live but I found it hard to believe because I couldn't see the mic. Bob Barker's has nothing on this one. Beauty track
Its the skinny mic stand in front of Tex's guitar.
@@michaelacosta3233 That or it could be a microphone drop down located above them like they use in the movies.
In front of Tex's guitar
@@jeffjohnson1302I just didn't know that they had Fisher Price microphones back in the Tex Ritter days, is all
You’d be surprised what kind of sound you can capture with one microphone.
Where is mant an Moreland on this song
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Awesome
Had farmer thrown a few rows of fine Cannabis Indica in the back 40, none of this would have been a problem.
Farmer would'a had a mighty fine cash crop, and ol' weevil woulda been too high to eat all the cotton up.
Don't see many left-handed fiddlers!
I'm still looking for a home
A Classic
what tv show is this from
I believe it came off of the RFD Channel. A friend who shared it with me gets that on satellite dish. Not sure which dish company. My cable doesn't carry it OR CMT.
Luke Johnson it's not off a show u grew up with it's from 1920's
I bet it was Town Hall Party that Tex Ritter hosted from 1953 - 1960.
I found an episode from 1957 called Ranch Party that was filmed at the Town Hall......search RUclips. 🙂
Not from a TV show, however Tex did host the musical West Coast show Ranch Party.
See: Border
Pore ole. bowl weavel just looking for a home but the farmer said go find a home Somers else. Or ill be looking for a home,,,
Eddie Cochran's version is the tops!
Should be Trump's 2020 campaign theme song.
each hit
You realize Tex wasn't singing JUST about the boll weevil BUG?This illegal immigration fight has been going on for THAT long!
Them Democrats just love those illegal's
@@79tazman God loves the dreamers looking for a better life too - as do most Christians, but Republicans are too full of hate to bother with "the weightier matters of the Law" Jesus spoke about in Mathew 23:23.
@@60Cascade Then you can house and feed and medicate them all....on your OWN dime, thank ye much. Me thinks you are misinterpreting Jesus.
@@veganconservative1109 Yea, just the kind of response I've been expecting.
@@79tazman You couldn't be more wrong. Reagan gave amnesty to 1.5 million illegals. The last person to present a bill to massively reform immigration was a Black, Lesbian Democrat Barbara Jordan.
And guess who shot that bill down because they wanted a vast pool of cheap labour? That's right....Republicans.
Brook Benton ----sings soooo much better.
Brooke Benton version better.
I like Tex Ritter but Brooke Benton did a better version of this song.
So did Eddie Cochran.
CB BnB
Is it just me, it's seems like Tex is trying to hard to sound like a black blues singer.
nothing racist about this song, nope... :/
Absolutely NOT. You think ONLY blacks picked the fields??
Lordy lordy lordy. Talent scouts were hard uo that year...lol
Better than the Beetles at least
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