Old Woman All Skin and Bone

Old Woman All Skin and Bones is a song in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. It tells the story of a woman who visits a church and realizes that she will become a corpse soon enough.



Lyrics
There was an old woman all skin and bone

who lived near the graveyard all alone.

O-o-o-o-o-o!

She thought she’d go to church one day

To hear the parson preach and pray.

O-o-o-o-o-o!

And when she came to the church-house stile

She thought she stop and rest awhile.

O-o-o-o-o-o!

When she came up to the door

She thought she’d stop and rest some more.

O-o-o-o-o-o!

But when she turned and looked around

She saw a corpse upon the ground.

O-o-o-o-o-o!

From its nose down to its chin

The worms crawled out, and the worms crawled in.

O-o-o-o-o-o!

The woman to the preacher said,

“Shall I look like that when I am dead?”

O-o-o-o-o-o!

The preacher to the woman said,

“You shall look like that when you are dead!”

“AAAAAAAAAAAH!”