Listen you can hear him from the holler below
By the black creek water where the bluegrass grows
A long grey beard and an old straw hat
Creature of the night in the woods way back
Picking on the guitar he be singin the blues
Barefoot boogie like the old man do
He likes the pretty ladies and the peach moonshine
And howling at the moon till the sun does shine
Howlin' like a wolf
He be howlin' like a wolf
In the hill side shack by the black creek water
Old man down in the holler...he holla
My papa last seen him back in seventy nine
Buying cheap tobacco at the five and dime
Back to the woods...away he went
Howling at the moon til his dying breath
Gone with the wind he done slipped away
But in the dead of night the town folk they say
You can still hear him howl when the moon is high
Oh, I think he's out there howling tonight
(legend of the old man never gonna die)
Howlin' like a wolf
He be howlin' like a wolf
In the hill side shack by the black creek water
Old man down in the holler...he holla
My papa last seen him back in seventy nine
Buying cheap tobacco at the five and dime
Back to the woods...away he went
Howling at the moon til his dying breath
Gone with the wind he done slipped away
But in the dead of night the town folk they say
You can still hear him howl when the moon is high
The legend of the old man never gonna die
Howlin' like a wolf
He be howlin' like a wolf
In the hill side shack by the black creek water
Old man down in the holler...he holla
Howlin' like a wolf
He be howlin' like a wolf
In the hill side shack by the black creek water
Old man down in the holler...he howl