# Halloween Caroling suggestions
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 25, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846 "2005-10-25T17:32:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/1 "2005-10-25T17:32:45Z")
Some Goth college friends of mine are going Halloween caroling, and they’re looking for suggestions for creepy songs, modern or traditional, so they can go door-to-door and sing for people until they get candy so they’ll go away and bother the neighbors.
Suggestions?
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/2 "2005-10-25T17:44:31Z")
Our daughter **MilliCal** keeps trying to come up with Halloween Carols, using Christmas Carols as templates. My favorite is “Batty the Blue-Nosed Bat”, which includes the line:
“…then one foggy Halloween
Dracula came to say…”
As I’m sure everyone will say, you can always go with Bobby “Boris” Picjkett’s “Monster Mash”. Just make sure you know all the words beforehand.
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### Author:  [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/3 "2005-10-25T17:45:03Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#):
>
> Some Goth college friends of mine are going Halloween caroling, and they’re looking for suggestions for creepy songs, modern or traditional, so they can go door-to-door and sing for people until they get candy so they’ll go away and bother the neighbors.
>
> Suggestions?
Just sing anything, the idea of a bunch of goth college students swinging by my house to sing a song is creepy enough as it is.
Marc
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### Author:  [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/4 "2005-10-25T17:56:00Z")
**[Tom Dooley](http://www3.clearlight.com/~acsa/introjs.htm?/~acsa/songfile/TOMDOOLE.HTM)**
**On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at**
Where 'as tha been since ah saw thee, ah saw thee ?
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at ?
Where 'as tha been since ah saw thee, (2x)
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at ? (3x)
- Tha’s been a-courtin’ Mary Jane
- Tha’s ban to get thi death o’ cold
- Then we shall have to burry thee
- Then t’worms will come an’ eat thee oop
- Then t’ducks will come an’eat oop t’worms
- Then we shall go an’ eat oop t’ducks
- Then we shall all have eaten thee!
**Monster Mas**
**I Put a Spell on You**
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/5 "2005-10-25T18:03:20Z")
Someone really needs to set the _Ia!Ia! Cthulhu fthaghn!_ to music.
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### Author:  [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/6 "2005-10-25T18:29:35Z")
_Monster Mash_? The theme song from Ghoulie Get-Together?
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/7 "2005-10-25T18:30:57Z")
> [@MGibson](#):
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> Just sing anything, the idea of a bunch of goth college students swinging by my house to sing a song is creepy enough as it is.
Not around here, it ain’t… we worry more when the straight-laced people walk up to our door. Buncha dang Coleman supporters.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/8 "2005-10-25T18:32:14Z")
Why don’t you leave the trick-or-treating to little children, and act your damn age?
It annoys me terribly when teenagers come to the door asking me for candy, let alone people in college. Don’t they have beer and pot anymore? You’re Goths, right? I’m assuming then costumes aren’t a problem?
Halloween isn’t solely a kid’s holiday, but adults typically have a party.
Will your mommy be going with you around the neighborhood, to keep you safe?
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### Author:  [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/9 "2005-10-25T18:39:27Z")
Sting’s _Moon Over Bourbon Street_ is about a vampire, IIRC.
_Congo Square_ from Sonny Landreth’s _South of I-10_ is about voodoo, and it’s spooky.
_That Old Black Magic_
_I Put a Spell On You_ Howlin’ Wolf did it, then later Arthur Brown.
_Ghost of the St. Louis Blues_ --Leon Redbone
_It’s Witchcraft_ “It’s witchcraft, coocoo witchcraft/And although I know it’s strictly taboo/When you arouse the need in me/My heart says yes, indeed in me…” --Sinatra
_Fire_ (the “I am the god of Hellfire” one.) --Arthur Brown
_Every Breath You Take_ --Sting It’s about a stalker; pretty creepy, when you think about it.
The ancient _Pretty Polly_ and _Banks of the Ohio_ are murder ballads. _Tom Dooley_ is, too.
_I Got A Man That Makes Me Wanna Kill_ from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Is that weird enough for you?
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### Author:  [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/10 "2005-10-25T18:42:15Z")
To the tune of _Rudolph_:
Cthulu the tentacled old one
Had a very evil brain
And if you ever saw him
You would go completely insane
All of the puny mortals
Used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Cthulu
Join in any mortal games
Then one hellish deadly day
Cthulu came to say
Mortals with your souls so bright
I will dine on you tonight
Then how the mortals feared him
As they shouted out with pain
Cthulu the tentacled old one
Argh!
I recommend that your friends do this at other friends’ houses, not for the whole neighborhood.
_Have you seen the ghost of Tom?_ is also a nice traditional scary song.
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/11 "2005-10-25T18:44:19Z")
> [@Mr. Moto](#):
>
> Will your mommy be going with you around the neighborhood, to keep you safe?
Somebody needs a caramel apple very badly…
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### Author:  [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/12 "2005-10-25T19:10:04Z")
Well, **Mr. Moto** , looks like we’re in the minority…
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### Author:  [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/13 "2005-10-25T19:14:16Z")
Wasn’t there a song that started, “They’re coming to take you away, ha ha…”
I believe it was later considered politcally uncorrect for some reason, but they used to play the song on the radio every Halloween.
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### Author:  [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/14 "2005-10-25T19:51:56Z")
A bit long, but the Celtic song [The Widow and the Devil](http://celtic-lyrics.com/lyrics/124) is both bawdy _and_ creepy. 🙂
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### Author:  [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/15 "2005-10-25T20:16:34Z")
You have to include \*\*Alice Cooper’s \*\* “[I Love the Dead](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/a/alice-cooper/5774.html)”!
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### Author:  [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/16 "2005-10-25T20:53:06Z")
I assume _The time-warp_ is already on the list?
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/17 "2005-10-25T20:59:51Z")
When I was a kid, I had a booklet of Pumpkin Carols, featuring the Peanuts gang. With a little Googling, I managed to scare up the [lyrics](http://www.nationallonghouse.org/Resources/Songs/Sg-hallo.html) online.
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### Author:  [@priapus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/priapus)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/18 "2005-10-25T21:24:24Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#):
>
> Our daughter [B[MilliCal\*\* keeps trying to come up with Halloween Carols, using Christmas Carols as templates. My favorite is “Batty the Blue-Nosed Bat”, which includes the line:
>
> “…then one foggy Halloween
> Dracula came to say…”
>
> As I’m sure everyone will say, you can always go with Bobby “Boris” Picjkett’s “Monster Mash”. Just make sure you know all the words beforehand.
Monster mash is a great album(if it’s still in print).It includes Hurry Bury Baby and Popeye the Gravedigger
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/19 "2005-10-26T00:14:22Z")
_Bela Lugosi’s Dead_ requires little singing-- just a bit of humming, then some enthusiastic "Undead! Undead! Undead!"s.
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### Author:  [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-caroling-suggestions/327846/20 "2005-10-26T02:06:16Z")
I’d fork out big time for a bunch of Goths sweetly singing [Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered.](http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Frank-Sinatra/Bewitched.html)
But why not just get to the point and sing [I Want Candy](http://www.lyricsondemand.com/onehitwonders/iwantcandylyrics.html)?
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