The Headless
Horseman
Just gather 'round and I'll
elucidate
'Bout 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,
And some have fangs about this size.
Some are fat and some are thin
And some don't even wear their skin.
Oh, I'm tellin' you brother, it's a frightfull sight
To see what goes on 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.
But 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.
Beware, take care, he rides alone.
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.
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.
Now he likes them little, he likes them 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 lookin' 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 cross that bridge, my friends,
The ghost is through, his power ends.
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!
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.
The Headless Horseman
From "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Written by: Don Raye and Gene De Paul
Performed by: Bing Crosby and the Rhythmaires