My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher

My daddy was a man of god

My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher

In south alabama.

He knew the good book real good

And knew the bad all too well

He spent his life rattling cages

And running that devil's ass back to hell, now.

My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher

My daddy was a man of god

My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher

In south alabama

My daddy was the devil's undertaker

My daddy was a saver of souls

My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher

Just like his daddy before him was.

He was all fire and brimstone

Firewater on his breath

Spittin' 90-proof truth to a tent full of sinners

'til there wasn't one single unsaved soul left, son.

My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher

My daddy was a man of god

My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher

In south alabama

My daddy was the devil's undertaker

My daddy was a saver of souls

My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher

Just like his daddy before him was.

I tell my boy all about his papaw

How to learn how to chase the devil away

Someday I'll lay a rattlesnake down

So he can pick it up, shake it at a sinner, and say.

My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher

My daddy was a man of god

My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher

In south alabama, alabama!

My daddy was the devil's undertaker

My daddy was a saver of souls

My daddy was a rattlesnake preacher

Just like his daddy before him was.

Yes, jesus loves me

Yes, jesus loves me

Yes, jesus loves me

My daddy told me so.