Rattler was a fine old dog, fine as he could be
Trap a possum in a hollow log,
never leave him be
Here I rattle a hat, here I rattle a hat
Come on rattler from the barn,
here I rattle a hat
Grandma had a yellow hen, we set her as you know
Set her on three buzzard eggs,
and she hatched out one old crow
Here I rattle a hat, here I rattle a hat
Come on rattler from the barn,
here I rattle a hat
Grandpa had a mewly cow,
she was mewly when she was born
Took a jaybird forty years to fly from horn to horn
Here I rattle a hat, here I rattle a hat
Come on rattler from the barn,
here I rattle a hat
Well
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
Here I rattle a hat, here I rattle a hat
Come on rattler from the barn,
here I rattle a hat
Here I rattle a hat, here I rattle a hat
Come on rattler from the barn,
here I rattle a hat
Last night I saw a big fat coon climb up in a tree
Went and got old rattler to get him down for me
But rattler wouldn't do it,
because he liked that coon
I saw him walking paw in paw a little bit later than him
Here I rattle a hat, here I rattle a hat
Come on rattler from the barn,
here I rattle a hat
Here I rattle a hat, here I rattle a hat
Come on rattler from the barn,
here I rattle a hat