Rattlin' Bones Songtext
von Preservation Hall Jazz Band

If you ever get down New Orleans way
You might steer clear on St. Josephine
The graveyard bones make a rattlin′ sound
The dead get up and start walkin' around

You might not believe me but I′ll tell you it's true
And you would too, if it happens to you
I spent the night on a graveyard there
And what I saw gave me a terrible scare

Rattlin' bones, rattlin′ bones
Creepin′ around from behind the headstones
If you don't wanna see them
Then you best stay home
For there ain′t no runnin' ′round the rattlin' bones


You might not believe me but I′ll tell you it's true
And you would too, it could happen to you
I spent the night in a graveyard there
And what I saw gave me a terrible scare

Rattlin' bones, rattlin′ bones
Creepin′ around from behind the headstones
If you don't wanna see them
Then you best stay home
′Cause there ain't no runnin′ from the rattlin' bones

Rattlin′ bones, rattlin' bones
Creepin' around from behind the headstones
And if you don′t wanna see them
Then you best stay home
′Cause there ain't no runnin′ 'round the rattlin′ bones