Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Whistlin' Past the Graveyard, artist - Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Date of issue: 20.12.2004
Song language: English
Whistlin' Past the Graveyard |
| Coming on the night train |
| With an arm full of box cars |
| On the wings of a magpie, 'cross a hooligan night |
| Busted up a chifforobe |
| Way out by the cocomo |
| Cooked up a mess a mulligan and got into a fight |
| Whistlin' past the graveyard |
| Steppin' on a crack |
| I’m a mean motherhubbard |
| Papa one eyed jack |
| You probably seen me sleepin' out by the railroad tracks |
| Ask the prince of darkness 'bout the smoke from the stack |
| Sometimes I kill a jackal and suck out all the blood |
| Steal myself a station-wagon, drive it into the mud |
| Whistlin' past the graveyard |
| Steppin' on a crack |
| I’m a mean motherhubbard |
| Papa one eyed jack |
| I know you’ve seen my headlights and the honkin' of my horn |
| I’m callin' out my bloodhounds chase the devil out the corn |
| Last night I cracked the Mississippi now it’s dry as a bone |
| I was born in a taxi cab I ain’t never goin' home |
| Whistlin' past the graveyard |
| Steppin' on a crack |
| I’m a mean motherhubbard |
| Papa one eyed jack |
| My eyes have seen the glory |
| Of the drainin' of the ditch |
| I’m comin' to Baton Rouge |
| To find myself a witch |
| I’m gonna switch me up a couple of 'em every time it rains |
| You gotta see a locomotive |
| Probably thinkin' it’s a train |
| Whistlin' past the graveyard |
| Steppin' on a crack |
| I’m a mean motherhubbard |
| Papa one eyed jack |
| What you think is sunshine |
| Is just a twinkle in my eye |
| I got a ring around my finger called the 4th of July |
| When I get lonesome, a tear falls from my cheek |
| There’s gonna be an ocean in the middle of the week |
| Whistlin' past the graveyard |
| Steppin' on a crack |
| I’m a mean motherhubbard |
| Papa one eyed jack |
| I come in on the night train |
| With an arm full of box cars |
| On the wings of a magpie |
| Cross a hooligan night |
| I’m gonna tear off a rainbow |
| And wear it for a tie |
| I never told the truth |
| So how in the hell can I tell a lie |
| Whistlin' past the graveyard |
| Steppin' on a crack |
| I’m a mean motherhubbard |
| Papa one eyed jack |