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Well I walked on south to the edge of town
where my fathers bones are beneath the ground

There were all these bugs in the moon lit night
And I saw them dancin on the burial site

See, all bug legs like to twist and turn
and if a bug don’t got em he do the squirm

Now the bones jumped out, they danced and reeled
did one step two step clicked the heel

Showed them bugs how to stomp in time
now all them legs gonna hop in line

(chorus)

Them bones
oh! them bones
Them bones
oh! them bones

Once you held my father’s soul
now he’s flown, you’re on your own
Once you held my fathers soul
now he has flown, you’re on your own

Well the crickets won’t really much have a go
but they brung their fiddles to start the show

The grasshopper’s ready, think he knows it all
but them bones brought steps from the devil’s ball

Those steps been seen by demon hoards
where the devil goes a cloggin on fiery boards

And the clogs is made of dragon bone
and the soles is carved of diamond stone

So grasshopper get yeself down to groove
cuz you aint ever seen that pair of shoes

chorus

See the devil don’t dance for the living at all
he only goes a cloggin at the skeleton ball

Tonight them bones brung a special treat
if you’re watchin all the hoppin of them lil bug feet!

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from The Screaming Hollow and Other Hoosier County Favorites, released June 12, 2012
written by Christopher Burrus

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Willoughby Sprig Indianapolis, Indiana

We write the music of pinecones, old ships, moss, ancient forests, flea markets, naan bread, shepherd bells, victorian houses, and haunted bridges

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