The Old Jawbone

Traditional, arranged by Molsky’s Mountain Drifters
Publishing/PRO: Dielectric Music/ASCAP

Vocals: Bruce Molsky, Stash Wyslouch
Guitar: Stash Wyslouch
Fiddle: Bruce Molsky
Banjo: Allison de Groot
Contact: Tree Frog Music/ (914)489-9961 /audrey@brucemolsky.com

Lyrics:
Little old man come riding by
Says, ‘Young man, your horse must die'
'If he dies, I'll tan his skin
'If he lives, I'll ride him again'

Chorus: Walk jaw bone and walk away
Walk jaw bone both night and day

Jaw bone walk and jaw bone talk
Jaw bone eat with a knife and fork

Chorus

My wife died in Tennessee
They sent that jaw bone back to me.
Put that jaw bone on the fence
I ain’t seen nothin’ but the jaw bone since

Same old man come riding by
Says, ‘Young man, your horse must die'
'If he dies, I'll tan his skin
'If he lives, I'll ride him again’