Old Rattler Lyrics - Songs From My Mother's Hand - Mac Wiseman

Old Rattler LyricsOld Rattler was a good old dog; 

As blind as he could be 

Ev'ry night 'bout supper time; 

I believe that dog could see. 

Refrain: 

Here! Rattler, Here! Here!; Here! Rattler! Here! 

Call old Rattler from the barn; Here! Rattler! Here! 

Old Rattler tree'd the other night; 

And I tho't he'd tree'd a 'coon 

When I come to find out; 

He was barkin' at the moon. 

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Well, grandma had a yeller hen; 

We set her as you know 

We set her on three buzzard eggs; 

And hatched out one old crow. 

Refrain: 

Grandpa had a muley cow; 

She was muley when she's born 

It took a jaybird forty year; 

To fly from horn to horn. 

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Now if I had a needle and thread; 

As fine as I could sew 

I'd sew my sweetheart to my back; 

And down the road I'd go 

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Old Rattler was a smart old dog; 

Even tho' he was blind 

He wouldn't hurt one single thing; 

Tho' he was very fine. 

One night I saw a big fat 'coon; 

Climb up in a tree 

I called old Rattler right away; 

To get 'im down fer me. 

But Rattler wouldn't do it; 

Because he liked that 'coon 

I saw them walkin' paw in paw; 

Later by the light of the moon. 

Refrain: 

Now old Rattler's dead and gone; 

Like all good dogs do 

You better not act a dog yourself; 

Or you'll be goin' there too.