Grandpa Jones — Rattlers Pup

[Verse One] The woods will ring again tonight With a voice I love to hear Up from the valley It's a-rollin' loud and clear With an old shotgun and carbide knife Beneath the yeller moon I'm out tonight to see a fight Of a big ring-tailed raccoon [Chorus] Ol' Rattler left us years ago But Rattler's pup is a-comin' up You oughtta see him go Ol' Rattler left us years ago But Rattler's pup is a-comin' up You oughtta see him go [Verse Two] At fifteen after eleven o'clock He hit a red-hot trail And from the noise you'd think he had That ol' coon by the tail Well he run him up a white oak tree Way out on the limb And there by the light of the yeller moon I got a glimpse of him [Chorus] Ol' Rattler left us years ago But Rattler's pup is a-comin' up You oughtta see him go Ol' Rattler left us years ago But Rattler's pup is a-comin' up You oughtta see him go [Verse Three] When that ol' coon looked down at me It was a sight to see He looked as big as a grizzly bear Perched up in that tree Well I cut the tree Down come the coon And when he hit the ground Rattler's pup and ol' man coon Went around and 'round and 'round They fought all night and all day long It was a fearful sight No better coon, no better dog Was ever in a fight [Chorus] Ol' Rattler left us years ago But Rattler's pup is a-comin' up You oughtta see him go Ol' Rattler left us years ago But Rattler's pup is a-comin' up You oughtta see him go