Bing Crosby — The Headless Horseman

[BROM, spoken] Just gather round and I'll elucidate On what goes on outside when it gets late Along about midnight, the ghosts and banshees They get together for their nightly jamboree There's things with horns and saucer eyes Some with fangs about this size [SKINNY WOMAN] Some are fat [FAT WOMAN] And some are thin [GHOULISH MAN] And some don't even wear their skin [BROM, spoken] I'm telling ya, brother, it's a frightful sight To see what goes on Halloween Night (Sung) 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 [Chorus] That's right, he's a fright On Halloween night [BROM] When he goes a-joggin' 'cross the land Holdin' his noggin in his hand Demons take one look and groan And hit the road for parts unknown [Chorus] Beware, take care, he rides alone [BROM & Chorus] And there's no spook like a spook who'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 [BROM] They say he's tired of his flamin' 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 [Chorus] Now he likes them little, he likes them big Part in the middle, or a wig Black or white or even red [BROM] The Headless Horseman needs a head [BROM & Chorus] With a hip-hip and a clippity-clop He's out lookin' for a top to chop So don't stop to figure out a plan You can't reason with a headless man [BROM] 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 cross that bridge, my friends [Chorus] The ghost is through, his power ends [BROM] So when you're riding 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 [Chorus] 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