[Chorus]
Come along little children, come along
While the moon is shining bright
Get on board, down to the river shore
We're gonna raise rukus tonight

[Verse 1]
My old mistress promised me
Raise rukus tonight
When she died she’d set me free
Raise rukus tonight
She lived so long that her head got bald
Raise rukus tonight
She got out the notion of dying at all
Raise rukus tonight

[Chorus]
Come along little children, come along
While the moon is shining bright
Get on board, down to the river shore
We're gonna raise rukus tonight

[Verse 2]
Way down yonder where [?] meet
Raise rukus tonight
Folks down there grow seven feet
Raise rukus tonight
Everybody down there has got the blues
Raise rukus tonight
[?]
Raise rukus tonight

[Chorus]
Come along little children, come along
While the moon is shining bright
Get on board, down to the river shore
We're gonna raise rukus tonight

[Verse 3]
Old Aunt Dinah dressed in white
Raise rukus tonight
She tried to go to heaven on the tail of a kite
Raise rukus tonight
The kite tail broke and Dinah fell
Raise rukus tonight
Instead of going to heaven, Lord, she went [?]
Raise rukus tonight
[Chorus]
Come along little children, come along
While the moon is shining bright
Get on board, down to the river shore
We’re gonna raise rukus
Diddy-dum-dum, diddy-dum-dum
Dee-dum-da-diddy-dum, diddy-dum-ya