Don't go down to the basement

Lock the attic door

Keep the cupboard shut

and put a padlock on that drawer

There are skeletons in the closet

Knocking to be let out

There are skeletons in the closet

And they are struggling to get out

I know it's all a mystery

There's something in the history

Something happened here so long ago

Something we never talk about but we all know

What has happened hеre I try to think

Though it was all so long ago

It's left a stink

Shake and rattlе those bones

Shake and rattle those bones

Turn up the radio

Turn on the new TV

Play something foolish

and put the kettle on for tea

There are skeletons in the closet

The children will take fright

There are skeletons in the closet

And they are rattling through the night

I know it's all a mystery

There's something in the history

Something happened here what we don't know

Something that's still a mystery from a long ago

Murder, plague, and pillage have left their mark

You hear the ghosts of history as soon as it's dark

Shake and rattle

Shake and rattle

Shake-shake-and rattle

Shake-shake-shake

Shake-shake-shake-shake and rattle those bones

Shake and rattle those bones

Shake and rattle those bones