The YOKA Music Program Halloween Carols 2015
1. JOY TO THE WORLD Joy to the world, It's Halloween. The night of fright has come!` This time of year we wait. We hope he won't be late. The Great Pumpkin will come, The Great Pumpkin will come, The Great, The GREAT Pumpkin will come. He rules the world, On Hallow's Eve. He's coming here tonight. Let's go into the pumpkin patch They'll put us in the booby hatch, But we will have such fun, But we will have such fun, But we, But we will have such fun. 2. HUMPHREY THE BLUE-NOSED PUMPKIN (Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer) Humphrey the blue-nosed pumpkin had a very obvious nose. And if you ever saw it, you might even say it shows. All of the other pumpkins, used to laugh and call him names. They never let poor Humphrey play in any pumpkin games. Then one foggy Halloween, the Great Pumpkin did say, "Humphrey, with your nose so blue, you'll make all the ghosts say BOO!" Then all the pumpkins loved him, and they shouted out with glee,
Humphrey, the blue-nosed pumpkin, You'll go down in history! 3. O Skeletons! (O Tannenbaum!/O Christmas Tree) O skeletons! O skeletons! Rattle down my hallway! O skeletons! O skeletons! Rattle in my attic. Let them know, the day is here, When your spirit will appear. O skeletons! O skeletons! Rattle through your graveyard. 4. Spooky Night (Silent Night.) Spooky Night, Halloween Night, All is cold, nothing's right. Round yon pumpkin glowing away. People singing in the doorway. Sing in devilish glee-ee. Singing in devilish glee. 5. The First Halloween (The First Noel) The First Halloween The parents did scream At the children in costumes Who stole all the treats. "Go away, go away!" The spirits did say. "You're taking our business, So come back in May!"
6. We Three Ghosts (to the tune of We Three Kings) We three ghosts of Halloween are Scaring kids who wander too far. Trick or treating, candy eating, Watching for the Halloween Star. Oh...oh... Star of darkness, star of fright. Star of every gruesome sight. West winds howling, cat's a-yowling, Let us play some tricks tonight! 7. Obligatory Solutions (to the tune of Jingle Bells.) Dashing through the streets, Meeting goblins as we go, Wearing contour sheets, Wishing it would snow. Bells in doorways ring, Making spirits bright, What fun it is to come and sing And get some food tonight. Trick or treat, trick or treat, trick or treat we say! Try to get the treats before the ghost takes us away! Trick or treat, trick or treat, trick or treat we say! If you don't have treats for us we'll never go away! 8. Ghosties We Have Heard on High (Angels We Have Heard On High) Ghosties we have heard on high, Groaning horribly o'er the plains. And the witches in reply, Cacklin' their eerie strains:
On this Halloween Night we cry: On this Halloween Night we cry. Spirits why this jubilee? Why your ghastly tunes prolong. What these gruesome tidings be, Which inspire your evil song. On this Halloween Night we cry: On this Halloween Night we cry. 9. Deck the Halls Deck the halls with poison ivy, 'Tis the season to be slimy, Don we now our strange apparel, fa la la, la la la, la la la. Troll the ancient Halloween carol, See the goblins rise before us, As we sing the Halloween chorus, Follow them as they ascend, fa la la, la la la, la la la. Join with all your loony friends, 10. The Grim Reaper is Coming to Town.
Oh, you better not shriek, you better not groan, You better not howl, you better not moan. The Grim Reaper is coming to town! He's gonna find out from folks that he meets, Who should have arsenic put in their treats. Grim Reaper is coming to town! He'll search in every graveyeard, Haunted houses far and near, To see if you should stay alive, Or die right here in fear! So, you better not shriek, you better not groan, You better not howl, you better not moan. The Grim Reaper is coming to town! 11. On the First Day of Halloween On the First Day of Halloween, my Swamp Thing gave to me: A hoot owl in a dead tree. Two trick or treaters, Three black cats, Four skeletons, Five Snicker bars, Six goblins gobbling, Seven pumpkins glowing, Eight monsters shrieking, Nine ghosts a-booing, Ten ghouls a-groaning, Eleven masks a-leering, Twelve bats a-flying. 12. Spirit Wonderland (Winter Wonderland)
Screech owls hoot, are you listening? 'Neath the moon, all is glistening. A real scary sight, we're happy tonight. Waitin' in a spirit wonderland. In the streets, we're begging for some candy. We've been waiting for this night all year. We've tried to embarrass everybody, And to make a costume filling you with fear. Later on, while we're eating What we got trick or treating. We'll share all our sacks Of Halloween snacks, Waitin' in a spirit wonderland. 13. Shivery Yells We're on sidewalks, we're on porches, Dressed in costumes to scare. Through the city we're ringing the doorbells. Trick or treating, candy eating, Gooey stuff in our hair, But the most fun is shrieking out loud, "Shivery yells! Shivery yells!" That's the Halloween nitty-gritty. "Moan and Groan. Leave us alone. Halloween's just one night a year."