Just gather 'round and I'll elucidate On what goes on outside when it gets late 'Long about midnight the ghosts and banshees Get together for their nightly jamboree There's things with horns and saucer eyes And some with fangs about this size Some are fat, and some are thin And some don't even wear their skin I'm tellin' you brother, it's a frightful sight To see what goes on Halloween night When the spooks have a midnight jamboree They break it up with fiendish glee Ghosts are bad, but the one that's cursed Is the Headless Horseman, he's the worst That's right, he's a fright on Halloween night!
When he goes a-joggin' 'cross the land Holdin' a noggin in his hand Demons take one look and groan And hit the road to parts unknown Beware, take care, he rides alone!
And there's no spook like a spook that's spurned They don't like him, and he's really burned He swears to the longest day he's dead He'll show them that he can get a head
They say he's tired of his flaming top He's got a yen to make a swap! So he rides one night each year, To find a head in the hollow here!
He likes 'em little, he likes 'em big Parted in the middle or a wig, Black or white or even red, The headless horseman needs a head!
With a hip, hip and a clippity clop, He's out looking for a top to chop! So don't stop to figure out a plan, You can't reason with a headless man!
Now if you doubt this tale is so, I met that spook just a year ago. Now I didn't stop for a second look, But made for the bridge that spans the brook! For once you've crossed that bridge, my friend, The ghost is through his power ends!
So when you're ridin' home tonight, Make for the bridge with all your might! He'll be down in the hollow there, He needs your head! Look out! Beware!
With a hip, hip and a clippity clop, He's out looking for a head to swap! So don't try to figure out a plan, You can't reason with a headless man!