Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Some 'new' Halloween Music

To get the Halloween Spirit bubbling away, Shiloh and I 'wrote' this song today, enjoy!!





All right, Altos be ready! Sopranos, take a deep breath. Baritones on three. One... Two... Three!!


On the first day of Samhain
My ghoul-friend gave to me
a brown bat in a dead tree.





On the second day of Samhain
My ghoul-friend gave to me
two chilling tales
and a brown bat in a dead tree.





On the third day of Samhain
My ghoul-friend gave to me
three tombstones,
two chilling tales,
and a brown bat in a dead tree.





On the fourth day of Samhain
My ghoul-friend gave to me
four cawing crows,
three tombstones,
two chilling tales,
and a brown bat in a dead tree.





On the fifth day of Samhain
My ghoul-friend gave to me
five hissing cats,
four cawing crows,
three tombstones,
two chilling tales
and a brown bat in a dead tree.




On the sixth day of Samhain
My ghoul-friend gave to me
six wolves a-howling,
five hissing cats,
four cawing crows,
three tombstones,
two chilling tales,
and a brown bat in a dead tree.




On the seventh day of Samhain
My ghoul-friend gave to me
seven chains a -rattling,
six wolves a-howling,
five hissing cats,
four cawing crows,
three tombstones,
two chilling tales,
and a brown bat in a dead tree.





On the eighth day of Samhain
My ghoul-friend gave to me
eight owls a-hooting,
seven chains a-rattling,
six wolves a-howling,
five hissing cats,
four cawing crows,
three tombstones,
two chilling tales,
and a brown bat in a dead tree.




On the ninth day of Samhain
My ghoul-friend gave to me
nine spirits haunting,
eight owls a-hooting,
seven chains a-rattling,
six wolves a-howling,
five hissing cats,
four cawing crows,
three tombstones,
two chilling tales,
and a brown bat in a dead tree.





On the tenth day of Samhain
My ghoul-friend gave to me
ten monsters mashing,
nine spirits haunting,
eight owls a-hooting,
seven chains a-rattling,
six wolves a-howling,
five hissing cats,
four cawing crows,
three tombstones,
two chilling tales,
and a brown bat in a dead tree.






On the eleventh day of Samhain
My ghoul-friend gave to me
eleven vampires biting,
ten monsters mashing,
nine spirits haunting,
eight owls a-hooting,
seven chains a-rattling,
six wolves a-howling,
five hissing cats,
four cawing crows,
three tombstones,
two chilling tales,
and a brown bat in a dead tree.





On the twelfth day of Samhain
My ghoul-friend gave to me
twelve bean sidhe's wailing,
eleven vampires biting,
ten monsters mashing,
nine spirits haunting,
eight owls a-hooting,
seven chains a-rattling,
six wolves a-howling,
five hissing cats,
four cawing crows,
three tombstones,
two chilling tales,
and a brown bat in a dead tree.




On the thirteenth day of Samhain
My ghoul-friend gave to me
thirteen cauldrons a-bubbling,
twelve bean sidhe's wailing,
eleven vampires biting,
ten monsters mashing,
nine spirits haunting,
eight owls a-hooting,
seven chains a-rattling,
six wolves a-howling,
five hissing cats,
four cawing crows,
three tombstones,
two chilling tales,
and a brown bat in a dead tree.




7 Comments:

At 3:31 AM, Blogger Gail Kavanagh said...

How cool, Gwen - I'll be the squeaky voiced one at the back.

 
At 5:04 AM, Blogger Imogen Crest said...

This is so great.

 
At 7:59 AM, Blogger The Gate Keeper said...

Outstanding! One question.... what is the phonetic pronunciation of "bean sidhe?"

 
At 8:15 AM, Blogger Vi Jones said...

WOW! This is really ghoulish fun trip.

Vi

 
At 4:56 PM, Blogger Anita Marie Moscoso said...

This is too much, I can't wait to get my family to sing it!

Anita Marie

 
At 11:06 PM, Blogger The Gate Keeper said...

I would so love someone else with a good singing voice and the ability to record a mp3 file to sing this and POST IT. You'll be pleased to know that though I'll tell a story on audioblog, I will spare you my bad singing voice! :)

 
At 6:22 PM, Blogger Heather Blakey said...

You know I think this is one of your coolest pieces Gwen. Such fun!

 

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