Bluegrass Songs - Lyrics

Old Rattler

Rattler was a good old dog, as blind as he could be
But every night at suppertime, I believe that dog could see



    Here, Rattler, here, here, Rattler, here
    Call old Rattler from the barn, here, Rattler, here



Rattler breaked the other night, I thought he treed a coon
When I come to find him, he's barkin' at the moon



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Rattler was a friendly dog, even though he was blind
He wouldn't hurt a living thing, he was so very kind



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One night I saw a big fat coon, climb into a tree
I called Ol' Rattler right away, to fetch him down for me



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But Rattler wouldn't fetch for me, because he liked that coon
I saw them walking paw in paw, later by the light of the moon



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Grandpa had a muley cow, muley since she was born
It took a jaybird forty years, to fly from horn to horn



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Now old Rattler's dead and gone, like all the good dogs do
Don't put on the dog youself, or you'll be going there too



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