Halloween Caroling Songs

Many songs for the spooky season!

We may not sing all of these, but they are posted here in the order of likelihood. We are also going to sing Trim The Wick, Rise Up O Flame, and Most Beautiful Sky.

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Song of the Witches

lyrics - William Shakespeare, music - Evan Sercombe

LYRICS:

Double, double, toil and trouble
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble
By the pricking of my thumbs
Something wicked this way comes

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Ghoulies & Ghosties

from a traditional Scottish prayer

LYRICS:

From ghoulies and ghosties, and long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump, go bump in the night
From ghoulies and ghosties, and long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night

Oh please, Oh please, Oh please deliver us!

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Ghost of John

LYRICS:

Have you seen the ghost of John
Long white bones with the rest all gone
Oooooo, oo Oooooo
Wouldn’t it be chilly with no skin on

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Bread, Bread

by Anni Zylstra

LYRICS:

Bread, bread, fine cheese and bread
Apples and spread for your bread, bread
Butter and jam for your bread, bread

Ghost of John/Bread, Bread

Now stack those two!

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Hey, Ho, Nobody Home

LYRICS:

Hey, ho, nobody home
No meat, no drink, nor money have I none
(No trick or treat, nor money have I none)
Still I will be merry
Hey, ho-o >>>(forgot this part in the practice tracks. oops!)

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Ah, Poor Bird

LYRICS:

Ah poor bird, take thy flight
Far above the sorrows of this dark night

Hey, Ho/Ah, Poor Bird

Now stack those two!

And round them both at the same time!

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The Hearse Song

LYRICS:

The Old Grey Hearse goes rolling by
You don't know whether to laugh or cry
For you know some day it'll get you too
And the hearse's next load may consist of—you.
Ooo-oo, Ooo-oo

They'll take you out and they'll lower you down
While men with shovels stand all a-round
They'll throw in dirt and they'll throw in rocks
And they won't give a dam-m-n if they break the box.
Ooo-oo, Ooo-oo

The worms crawl in and the worms crawl out
They crawl all over your chin and mouth
They invite their friends and their friends' friends too
And you look like hell when they're—through—with you.
Ooo-oo, Ooo-oo

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Jewels

by Barbara Mcafee

LYRICS:

Every time I go into the darkness
I return with fistfuls of jewels

Midnight velvet wraps all around me
Stars glitter brilliant above

Dreaming darkness, dreaming light

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Stir A Brew

by Elizabeth Gilpatrick

LYRICS:

We’ll stir and stir; we’ll stir up a brew
We’ll mix it and boil it and season it too
And when it’s finished we’ll serve it to you

We hope you’ll like it, too! 
We hope you’ll like it, too!

And don’t forget x x x
And don’t forget to chew!

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Weather Witch

LYRICS:

Blow wind, blow wind, cried the witch of weather
Nay wind, nay wind, cried three men together
In their hobble, sat the sailors three-o
Til the wind blows, they’ll not go to sea-o

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