OhWhen I come to find it out, he's barkin' at the moonWell, Grandma had a yeller hen, we set her as you knowWe set her on three buzzard eggs and hatched out one old crowYum, yum, yum, yum-a-***-a-***-a-***-a-***-a-***-a-***-a-***Grandpa had a mule of cows, his mule of wenches bornIt took a jaybird forty years to fly from horn to hornYeah, rattle-a-yup, yup, yeah, rattle-a-yupOh, rattle-a from the barn, yeah, rattle-a-yupNow, if I had a needle and thread as fine as I could sewI'd sew my sweetheart to my back and down the road I'd goYeah, rattle-a-yup, yup, yup, yupYup, yeah, rattle-a-yupOh, rattle-a from the barn, yeah, rattle-a-yupWoo, get himOld Rattler was a smart old dog even though he was blindHe wouldn't hurt one single thing though he was very fineOne night I saw a big fat coon climb up in a treeI called old Rattler right away to get him down for meBut Rattler wouldn't do it because he liked that coonI saw them walkin', pawin'Pawned later by the light of the moonOh, yeah, rattle-a-yup, yup, yup, yeah, rattle-a-yupOh, old Rattle-a from the barn, yeah, rattle-a-yupNow, old Rattler's dead and gone like all good dogs doYou'd better not act a dog yourself or you'll be goin' there tooYeah, rattle-a-yup, yup, yup, yeah, rattle-a-yupOh, old Rattle-a from the barn, yeah, rattle-a-yupTurn the pups loose now, let's go, yeah, woo, get himYup, yup, sing itYum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yumOh, yeah, rattle-a-yup, yup, yup, yeah, rattle-a-yupOh, old Rattle-a-from-the-barn, yeah, rattle-a-yup