Rattler And The Devil’s Whip

down near the rattler & the devil's whip people go a'missin on the blue ridge take heed to a warning when it's given to you don't mock the mountains or they'll take you too mammaw used to say don't go too far and don't you go whistlin' after dark and never look too hard up into the trees you may not like what you see and there's a strange shade of blue in the porch lights and things that call your name in dead of the night keep away from the fog that moves against the wind no nothing out there's your friend down near the rattler & the devil's whip people go a'missin on the blue ridge take heed to a warning when it's given to you don't mock the mountains or they'll take you too well it's 25 miles over 200 turns It's where Harley's hum and the rubber burns If you find yourself unlucky off the beaten path You may not be makin' it back down near the rattler & devil's whip people go a'missin on the blue ridge take heed to a warning when it's given to you don't mock the mountains or they'll take you too down near the rattler & devil's whip oh down near the rattler & devil's whip down near the rattler & devil's whip people go a'missin on the blue ridge take heed to a warning when it's given to you don't mock the mountains or they'll take you too