Headless Horseman Song

Song: Headless Horseman Song
Artist: From Disney's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

I had such a fun day! I got to go on a "haunted" wagon ride, where we listened to the story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and then were chased by the Headless Horseman! It was so much fun! Everything about the experience was perfect and I am so happy I got to do something fun like this with my family :) After our fun outing, we came home and watched Disney's cartoon film The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. It's a classic in my household, we watch it every year. So, I felt it was only fitting and appropriate to post this silly song about the Headless Horseman as my song choice for today!

Just gather 'round and I'll elucidate
On what goes on outside when it gets late
'Long about midnight the ghosts and banshees
They get together for their nightly jamborees
There's things with horns and saucer eyes
Some with 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 frightful sight
To see what goes 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

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
Part 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

Thurl Ravenscroft (aka Tony the Tiger!)) was originally going to sing this song but Bing Crosby ended up singing it instead. Thurl Ravenscroft's version sounds a little darker than Bing's, so I thought I'd still share :) Thurl went on to be famous for a great Christmas classic instead You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch!

(I learned this fun fact from this article)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!