The end of October always brings the delights of the Halloween season! I never tire of singing songs that reflect on classic Halloween themes, and have three that are fairly unique to my own repertoire. The first one is my “Halloween Rhymes” song, which is available on my Songs for Rhyming and Reading collection with Songs for Teaching. You can find a video of the song here. In addition to making some very silly rhymes (Who’s that creature eating my teacher?) children are invited to howl throughout the song. What’s not to like?
The next one is my glove puppet song, “Three Little Pumpkins,” a traditional song I learned many years ago from my mother, who also sang in schools during the course of her varied musical career. I changed the lyrics from her version, which you can find in this video.
Finally, I especially enjoy singing “Rockin’ Pumpkin” to the tune of Rockin’ Robin. I wrote these lyrics many years ago, but they always are fun to bring back out every Halloween!
Rockin’ Pumpkin
Tune: Rockin’ Robin
Lyrics ©2006 by Liz Buchanan
(Vs. 1)He sits on the front porch all night long
Glowing with a candle and singing his song
All the little children walking down the street
See the pumpkin when they say, “Trick or Treat!”
Rockin’ pumpkin oo-oo-ah-oo
Rockin’ pumpkin oo-oo-ah-oo
Go rockin’ pumpkin, you’re really gonna rock tonight.
(Vs. 2) There’s a guy all in white, lookin’ spooky, too.
If you’re not careful, he’ll say, “Boo!”
He hangs out where the goblins go
But we won’t let him scare us, no, no, no!
Rockin’ ghostie oo-oo-ah-oo
Rockin’ ghostie oo-oo-ah-oo
Go rockin’ ghostie, you’re really gonna rock tonight.
(Bridge) The pretty little witches and the fairies, too
Are out trick or treating with me and you
We’ll get lots of candy and have some fun
Now time to go home, but don’t you run!
‘Cause there’s that pumpkin…
(Back to start and repeat Vs. 1)
