The Skeleton In The Cupboard 1936 'Pennies Fronm Heaven'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 21 Sep 2002

There's an old deserted mansion
on an old forgotten road,
where the better ghosts and goblins
always hang out.
And one night they threw a party
on a manner a la mode,
and they cordially invited all the gang out.
At a dark bewitching hour
when the fun was loud and hearty,
a notorious wallflower
became the life of the party.

The spooks were having their midnight fling;
the merrymaking was in full swing;
they shriek'd themselves
into a cheerful trance.
When the skeleton in the cupboard
started to dance.
A goblin giggled with fiendish glee;
a shout rang out from a big banshee,
amazement was in ev'ry ghostly glance,
when the skeleton in the cupboard
started to dance.
All the witches were in stitches
while his steps made rhythmic thumps,
and they nearly dropped their broomsticks
when he tried to do the bumps,
you never heard such unearthly laughter
or such hilarious groans,
when the skeleton in the cupboard
rattled his bones.

The spooks were having their midnight fling;
the merrymaking was in full swing;
they shriek'd themselves
into a cheerful trance.
When the skeleton in the cupboard
started to dance.
A goblin giggled with fiendish glee;
a shout rang out from a big banshee,
amazement was in ev'ry ghostly glance,
when the skeleton in the cupboard
started to dance.
All the witches were in stitches
while his steps made rhythmic thumps,
and they nearly dropped their broomsticks
when he tried to do the bumps,
you never heard such unearthly laughter
or such hilarious groans,
when the skeleton in the cupboard
rattled his bones.

Soft karaoke
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The Skeleton In The Cupboard 1936
Music by Arthur Johnston
Lyrics by John Burke
copyright MCMXXXVI by Select Music Publications Inc., New York.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Saturday 21 September 2002 at 20.41
in association with Doug Grierson
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from The Columbia Picture
'Pennies From Heaven'
starring Bing Crosby
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