Here Rattler Here

Carolina Chocolate Drops

Traditional

Key of C · Chords: I V

Intro

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Verse 1

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

Chorus

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

Intstrumental

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Verse 2

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

Chorus

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

Intstrumental

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Verse 3

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Well my Grandma had a muley cow, muley when she's born
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It took a jaybird forty years, to fly from horn to horn

Chorus

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

Intstrumental

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Verse 4

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Well my Grandma had a yellow hen, she set her eggs you know
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Set her on some buzzard eggs, she hatched out one old crow

Chorus

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

Intstrumental

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Verse 5

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Well if I had a needle and thread, as fine as I could sew
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I'd sew my true-love to my coat, and down the road I'd go

Chorus

    C                                     G
Oh, here Rattler here, here. Here Rattler here
                                              C
Call old Rattler from the barn, here Rattler, here

Intstrumental

C G C

Chorus

    C                                     G
Oh, here Rattler here, here. Here Rattler here
                                              C
Call old Rattler from the barn, here Rattler, here

Chorus

    C                                     G
Oh, here Rattler here, here. Here Rattler here
                                              C
Call old Rattler from the barn, here Rattler, here