LyricMeaning

The Legend of Wooley Swamp
The Charlie Daniels Band

If you ever go back into Wooly Swamp son you better not go at night
There's things out there in the middle of them woods
That'd make a strong man die from fright
There's things that crawl and things that fly
And things that creep around on the ground
And they say the ghost of Lucias Clay gets up and it walks around.

[Chorus]
But I couldn't believe it, I just had to find out for myself
And I couldn't conceive it, I never would listen to nobody else
No I couldn't believe it, I just had to find out for myself
That there's some things in this world you just can't explain.
The old man lived in the Wooly Swamp way back in the gurgling woods

And he never did do a lot of harm in the world
But he never did do no good
People didn't think too much of him
They all thought he acted funny
The old man didn't care about people anyway
All he cared about was his money.
He'd stuff it all down in Mason jars and bury it all around
But on certain nights if the moon was right
He'd dig it up out of the ground.
He'd pour it all out on the floor of his shack
And run his fingers through it.
Old Lucias Clay was a greedy old man
And that's all there ever was to it.

[Chorus]

The Crayton boys were white trash they lived over on Parvis Creek
They were a real snake and sneaky as a cat
And belligerent when they'd speak.
One night the oldest brother said ya'll meet in the Wooly Swamp later
We'll get old Lucias' money and we'll pitch him to the alligators.
They found the old man out in the back with a shovel in his hand
And thirteen rusty Mason jars he just dug up out of the sand.
And they all went crazy and they beat the old man
Then they picked him up off the ground
Then they threw him in the swamp and they stood there and laughed
Till the black water sucked him down.
Then they turned around and went back to the shack
And they picked up the money and ran.
But they hadn't gone nowheres when they realized
They were running in quicksand.
And they struggled and screamed but they couldn't get away
Then just before they were gone
They could hear that old man laughing
In a voice that was loud and strong.
Now that's been fifty years ago an' if you go back by there again
There's a spot in the yard in back of that shack
Where the ground is always wet.
And on certain nights if the moon is right
And you're down by the dark footpath
You can hear three young men screaming
And you can hear that old man laugh.

If you ever go back into Wooly Swamp son you better not go at night
There's things out there in the middle of them woods
That'd make a strong man die from fright
There's things that crawl and things that fly
And things that creep around on the ground
And they say the ghost of Lucias Clay gets up and it walks around.

[Chorus]


  Purchase "The Legend of Wooley Swamp"   Purchase Entire Album   Email Video to Friends   Play Youtube "The Legend of Wooley Swamp" Video   Play Spotify "The Legend of Wooley Swamp" Song   View Wikipedia "The Legend of Wooley Swamp" Entry   Receive Emails for Future The Charlie Daniels Band Lyrics

Email:

  Link to "The Legend of Wooley Swamp"   Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
  See Recommended Lyrics For You

Loading...

Lyrics by The Charlie Daniels Band

  (What This World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks   American Farmer   Behind Your Eyes   Blind Man   Blue Christmas   Blue Star   Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues   Carolina (I Remember You)   Crosstown Traffic [Instrumental]   Damn Good Cowboy   Devil Went Down to Georgia   El Toreador   Florida Road [DVD][Instrumental]   Free Bird   Georgia   Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas   High Lonesome   Homesick   In America   Jesus Is the Light of the World   Juanita   Just a Closer Walk With Thee   Just a Little Talk With Jesus   Keep Your Hands to Yourself   Layla   Let Freedom Ring   Let Freedom Ring [*]   Let Her Cry   Long Haired Country Boy   Long Haired Country Boy [DVD]   Long-Haired Country Boy   O Little Town of Bethlehem   Orange Blossom Special   Play Me Some Fiddle   Precious Lord, Take My Hand   Pride and Joy   Rainbow Ride   Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer   Running With the Crowd   Saddle Tramp   Sharp Dressed Man   Simple Man   Star Spangled Banner [Instrumental]   Statesboro Blues   Still in Saigon   Sweet Home Alabama   Sweet Louisiana   Talk to Me Fiddle   Texas   The Christmas Song   The Devil Went Down to Georgia   The Devil Went Down to Georgia [Album Version]   The Star Spangled Banner [Instrumental]   Then, Now and Until the End   Trudy   Uneasy Rider   Was It 26   White Christmas   Wichita Jail   William Tell Overture [DVD][Instrumental]

Related Songs

  Workers - Various Artists  Swamp Music - Lynyrd Skynyrd  Swamp Livin - Dr. Dog  Swamp Livin' - Dr. Dog  Rippy The Gator - Arrogant Worms  Swampedelic Pop - Dr. Dog  Swamp of Love - King Tuff  Down In the Swamp - Samantha Fish  Swamp Yankee - Grayson Hugh  Swamp Mushy Muddy - Sesame Street  Swamp Snake - Alex Harvey  Swamp River Days - John Fogerty  Down In The Swamp - Nekromantix  Breath Of The Swamp - Showdown  The Ballad Of Gator Mcklusky - Jerry Reed  Black River Swamp - Link Wray  Fuzzy Was an Outlaw - David Allen Coe  Devoured Alive - Mortician  Dead Opera Star - Sparklehorse  Amos Moses - Conway Twitty  Children Of The Dead Lake - Adagio  Swamp Thing - Hiatus Kaiyote  Swamp County - Hayshaker  Amos Moses - Jerry Reed  Badvertise - Dr. Dog  Misery Farm - Current 93  Amos Moses - Primus  The Swamp - Blue Gillespie  Amos Moses (Jerry Reed cover) - Primus  Swamp Witch - Jim Stafford  The Legend Of - Diana Gordon  Swamp Nigga - Master P  Amos Moses - Hank Williams, Jr.  Amos Moses - Hank Williams Jr.  I'M A LEGEND TONIGHT - Kiss  I'm A Legend Tonight - Kiss  Fuzzy Was an Outlaw - David Allan Coe  Fuzzy Was An Outlaw (David Allen Coe)...  Amos Moses - Cross Canadian Ragweed  Swamphell - Kalmah  Swampwar - Kalmah  Swamp - Orion Rigel Dommisse  Swamp - Colour Revolt  Swamp - COG  Swamp - Talking Heads  The Swamp of Secrecy - Project Pitchfork  Chokoloskee - J Brian King  Buzz - Throwing Muses  Welcome Jesus - Johnny Dowd  Wolfman (Alternate Version feat. Wolfman)...  Wolfman [UK 7IN Version] - Babyshambles  Wolfman - Babyshambles  The Creature Lives - Mastodon  Acura Legend - Thurz  Legend Land [Extended Version] - Leaves' Eyes  The Legend Is True - Aquabats  Guard and Scythe (English Translation)...  12 Gauge - Kalmah  Legend - Black Magik  Black Link to Fire Link - Songs: Ohia  A Legend Never Dies - Blackfoot  Floyd (feat. Rob Zombie) - Lynyrd Skynyrd  Floyd - Lynyrd Skynyrd  Sax Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn  Seminole Bingo - Warren Zevon  Seminole Bingo - Zevon Warren  The Swamp Song (Version 1) - Oasis  Rage - Deep Silence  Wicked Old Witch - John Fogerty  The Ancient Prophecy - The Journey - Beholder  Ramona Park Legend, Pt. 2 - Vince Staples  The Legend And The Man - Conway Twitty  Witch Queen of New Orleans - Redbone  Legend - Snoop Dogg  Legend [Explicit] - Snoop Dogg  Red Swamp Bottom (English Translation)...  Motorcycle Boy - Gutterball  Cottages & Saunas - Korpiklaani  White Lightnin' - Kenny Chesney  White Lightnin' - Kenny Chesney  Steamy Swamp Thang - My Sister's Machine  (Swamp Inflammation) - Dr. Dog  Swamp People - Bill Harris  Jimmy In the Swamp - Adam Hurt  Down in the Swamp ...  The Legend - 2PM  Swamp Castle Overture - Axel Rudi Pell  Swamp Dance Theme - Courtney Fathom Sell  Tea Swamp Rumble - Dead Ghosts   Legend (with Predator) - Angerfist   What Becomes A Legend Most - Lou Reed  The Great Swamp Way Rout - Glenn Jones  Strangers Feat Swamp Thing - D-Sisive  To Swamp Sandy Beach - Aburadako  Swamp Dogg's Hot Spot - Andre Williams  All of Me (Single) - John Legend  Death Drugs - Violent Femmes  Trippin' The Life Fantastic - Weatherbox  Legend Of Steel - Luca Turilli  My Friend Who Lives In The Swamp - Ripple   The Legend - Destiny's End  The Legend - Pyramaze  The Legend - Taken By Trees  The Legend - Jerry Reed  The Legend - Nightmare  The Legend - Pallbearer  Sally Was a Legend [Andy Kershaw Session]...  Sally Was A Legend - Robyn Hitchcock  Pop Goes the Weasel [Album Version] - 3rd Bass  Cottages & Saunas - Korpiklaani  That Corpse Won't Die - Zombeast  Legend Land - Leaves' Eyes  Legend Of The Rent - School Of Rock  The Legend of Xanadu...  The Legend of Xanadu - Tich  The Legend Of Rita - J Church  The Legend Of Xanadu - Fall  Legend Of The Skies - Dakota Suite  The Legend of Wayland - Cygonia  The Legend Of Xanadu...  The Legend of Finn - Dropkick Murphys  The Legend Of Xanadu...  Cajun Hell - Exodus  Billy Fetch Yer Gun - Edward  Legendary Status - Ying Yang Twins  Living Like a Legend - Arlo Guthrie  The Swamp Song - Oasis  The Swamp Song - Oasis  Seventh Swamphony - Kalmah  Requiescat in Pace - Anwynn  Rapness Monster - Boaz  TicTac At The Alligator Tree - Adolescents  Chloe (Song of the Swamp) - Louis Armstrong  When You Got Trouble - Redbone  Ancient Forest - Clannad  Rats / Feeling Nasty - Acid Drinkers  Rats / Feeling Nasty - Acid Drinkers  Creature Lives - Mastodon  Torches - In-Flight Safety  Double X - Martin Tielli  I Want Everything - Cracker  Silent Hunger - World Burns to Death  Strictly Comedy - Robert Pollard  Ring Of Steel - Nocturnal Rites  Hollo - Kalmah  Alligator Wine - Screamin' Jay Hawkins  The Legend Of The Rent - School Of Rock Musical  The Legend Of The Rent - School Of Rock  The Legend Of The Sailor - Bruno Sanfilippo  God Blessed Video [Live][#] - Alcatrazz  The Song of the Swamp [Instrumental] - Leo Kottke  Forest of Legend - Vektor  Legend of Xanadu...  Legend Of Nobody - Ness  legend of dark - Blood Stain Child  Legend of Xanadu - David Dee  Legend of Vertigo - Waterdeep  Legend Of Mermaid...  Legend Of Mcbride - Mark Schultz  Legend of Phaxalot - Ceephax Acid Crew  Legend Of Zelda - System Of A Down  War Of Kings - Europe  Livin' Legend - C-Murder  Legend - Aquaventure  Legend - Rupert Hine  LEGEND - Mika Nakashima  Legend - Kathy Mar  legend - Ytcracker  Legend - Bury Your Dead  Legend - Tamyra Gray  Legend - Mickey Factz  Legend - Poco  Legend - Drake  Legend - Nelly Furtado  Legend - Nakashima Mika  Legend - Dragonhammer  Legend - Secret Sphere  Legend - Shy Glizzy  Legend - Dance Gavin Dance  Legend - Elder  Legend - Borgore  Legend - House Of Pain  Legend - PARTYNEXTDOOR  Legend - WilliamAGuillen  Alligator Chomp (Ballad of Martin Luther Frog JR)...  (I'd Be) A Legend In My Time - Waylon Jennings  A Legend In My Own Time - Johnny Cash  Witch Queen of New Orleans [Extended Version]...  Witch Queen of New Orleans - Atlantic Soul Machine  Witch Queen of New Orleans 2005 [Lorenz Rhode & 4T...  Witch Queen of New Orleans 2005 [Album Version]...  Witch Queen of New Orleans 2005 [Lorenz Rhode & 4T...  Witch Queen of New Orleans 2005 [Radio Edit]...  Witch Queen of New Orleans 2005 [Lorenz Rhode & 4T...  Witch Queen of New Orleans 2005 - Tom Jones  Witch Queen of New Orleans - Funky Nashville  Witch Queen of New Orleans [Remix] - Tom Jones  The Witch Queen of New Orleans [Long Version]...  The Witch Queen of New Orleans - Tom Jones  I'd Be A Legend In My Time - Waylon Jennings
  Please consider supporting this site by Clicking Here and Bookmarking whenever you search and shop Amazon. It costs you nothing but it supports us and gives us credit and we appreciate it greatly.