well i come in on a night train
with an arm full of box cars
on the wings of a magpie

cross a hooligan night
and i 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 eyes jack

you probably seen me sleepin'

out by the railroad tracks
go on and ask the prince of darkness
what about all thet smoke

come from the stack
sometimes i kill myself a jackel
suck out all the blood

steal myself a stationwagon
drivin' through the mud
whistlin' past the graveyard

steppin' on a crack
i'm mean motherhubbard
papa one eyed jack


i know you seen my headlights
and the honkin' of my horn

i'm callin' out my bloodhounds
chase the devil through the corn
last night i chugged the mississippi

now that suckers dry as a bone
born in a taxi cab
i'm never comin' home


whistlin' past the graveyard
steppin' on a crack

i'm mean motherhubbard
papa one eyed jack


myeyes have seen the glory
of the drainin' og the ditch
i only come to baton rouge

to find myself a witch
i'm-ona snatch me up a
couple of em every time itrains

you see a locomotive
probably thinkin' its a train


whistlin' past the graveyard
steppin' on a crack
i'm a mean motherhubbard

papa one eyed jack

what you think is the sunshine

is just a twinkle in my eye
that ring around my fingers
just the 4th of july

when i get a little bit lonesome
and a tear falls from my check
theres gonna be an ocean in

the middle of the week

whistlin' past the graveyard

steppin' on a crack
i'm mean motherhubbard
papa one eyed jack


i rode into town on a night train
with an arm full of box cars

on the wings of a magpie
cross a hooligan night
i'm-ona tear me off a rainbow

and wear it for a tie
i never told the truth
so i can never tell a lie

whistlin' past the graveyard

steppin' on a crack
i'm mean motherhubbard
papa one eyed jack