Lyrics
(Folk song)
Rattlesnake, O rattlesnake,
What makes your teeth so white?
I’ve been in the bottom all my life,
And I ain’t done nothin’ but bite, bite,
Ain’t done nothin’ but bite.
Muskrat, O muskrat,
What makes you smell so bad?
I’ve been in the bottom all of my life
Till I’m mortified in my head, head,
I’m mortified in my head.
See also
- Subjects: animals / snakes
- Type: silly
- Harmony: I, IV, V, vi
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm: ties /
/ 
- Scale: pentatonic
- Tones: l,drmsl
- Source: The Folk Songs of North America in the English language, Alan Lomax, Doubleday, 1960
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
