Oh the werewolf, oh the werewolf Comes a-stepping along He don't even break the branches Where he's been gone
You can hear his long holler from away across the moor That's the holler of a werewolf when he's feeling poor
He goes out in the evening when The bats are on the wing And he's killed some young maiden before the birds sing
For the werewolf, for the werewolf Have sympathy Because the werewolf he is someone Just like you and me
Once I saw him in the moonlight When the bats were a-flying All alone I saw the werewolf and The werewolf was crying
Crying, "Nobody, nobody, nobody knows How much I love the maiden as I tear off her clothes" Crying, "Nobody, nobody knows of my pain When I see it has risen that full moon again"
When I see that moon moving Through the clouds in the sky I get a crazy feeling and I wonder why
Oh the werewolf, oh the werewolf Comes traveling along He don't even break the branches Where he's been gone
For the werewolf have pity, not fear, and not hate Because the werewolf might be someone That you've known of late
Oh the werewolf, oh the werewolf Comes traveling along He don't even crush the leaves Where he's been gone