Extracts from the musical
'Grave Happenings'
Gravedigger's Song
I'm living alone and working alone. I'm a lonely man.
I'm eating alone and sleeping alone for that's the way I am.
I dig all the graves. I till all the earth. I work both night and day
But the pleasure I get the most in life is frightening kids away. WAAaaaaagh!
They say I'm the ghost of the graveyard - the kids that come wandering by
They call me the phantom spectre 'cause I love to make 'em cry.
I hide behind dingy gravestones. I wait every day of the week.
As soon as a kid comes wandering by
I let out a horrible screech ..... WAAaaaaagh!
I hobble about and shuffle about quite often I rant and rave.
I work in the dark and sleep in the park inside an open grave.
I've been here for years, seen sadness and tears
In the sun and the snow and the rain.
My pleasure in life is frightening kids
Again and again and again
They say I'm the ghost of the graveyard - the kids that come wandering by
They call me the phantom spectre 'cause I love to make 'em cry.
I hide behind dingy gravestones. I wait every day of the week.
As soon as a kid comes wandering by
I let out a horrible screech ..... WAAaaaaagh!
I can't get enough of the horrible stuff like bats and blood and things.
I love the sound of a spade in the ground as the lonely bell tower rings.
The wind in the night makes me feel alright. The thunder makes me smile
I've heard people say that they think I'm OK but really I'm horribly vile. WAAaaaaghh
They say I'm the ghost of the graveyard - the kids that come wandering by
They call me the phantom spectre 'cause I love to make 'em cry.
I hide behind dingy gravestones. I wait every day of the week.
As soon as a kid comes wandering by
I let out a horrible screech ..... WAAaaaaagh!
The Monks' Chorus
It's witching hour the night wind's blowing
Bats are flying all around
Shadows moving through the gravestones
In the night strange voices sound
Oooooh Ooooh Ooh Oooooh Ooooh Ooh
Ghostly voices calling softly
To the lost and lonely souls
Walking through this silent graveyard
As the lonely death bell tolls
Oooooh Ooooh Ooh Oooooh Ooooh Ooh
Spirits of the night awaken
Walking through the empty air
Drifting shadows crossing cobwebs
Leave no trace that they've been there
Oooooh Ooooh Ooh Oooooh Ooooh Ooh
(Fade)
NO SUCH THING
Is there someone else about?
Well we heard a funny shout
But there's no such thing as ghosts - and that's a fact
If you think it was a ghoul
You must be some kind of fool
It's just someone else that has got in on the act.
There' s no such thing as ghosts or ghouls
They teach you that in all the schools.
It's contrary to all the rules.
There's no such thing as ghosts.
Ghosts, ghosts, ghosts, ghosts (repeat)
Any spirit's on his breath
Smells of whiskey not of death
'Cause there's no such thing as ghosts - and that's a fact
We can't emphasise enough
We don't believe in all that stuff
It's just someone else that has got in on the act
There' s no such thing as ghosts or ghouls
They teach you that in all the schools.
It's contrary to all the rules.
There's no such thing as ghosts.
Ghosts, ghosts, ghosts, ghosts (repeat)
I've been working here for years
Dear departed in their biers
'Cause there's no such things as ghosts and that's a fact
When I put them in the ground
They will stay there safe and sound
It's just someone else that has got in on the act
There' s no such thing as ghosts or ghouls
They teach you that in all the schools.
It's contrary to all the rules.
There's no such thing as ghosts.
Ghosts, ghosts, ghosts, ghosts (repeat)
It's been proved beyond a doubt
There's no need to work it out
There's no such things as ghosts and that's a fact
We think that you will find
That it's all within your mind
It's just someone else that has got in on the act
There' s no such thing as ghosts or ghouls
They teach you that in all the schools.
It's contrary to all the rules.
There's no such thing as ghosts.
Ghosts, ghosts, ghosts, ghosts (repeat)
