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'll look like that when you are dead!”
(Now scream:)
“AAAAAAAAAAAH!”