Rufus Jack-O-Lantern

Rufus Jack-O-Lantern
Was a very scary sight
With triangle eyes, a twisted mouth,
And a huge hole for a nose.

Rufus Jack-O-Lantern
Is a ghost tale so they say,
But the children know how the story goes,
How he came to scare them one day.

There must have been
some magic in the candle mom put in him,
For when they struck a match to it,
He began to laugh at them.

Rufus Jack-O-Lantern
Was alive as he could be,
and the children say he could scream all day
Just like any banshee.

Rufus Jack-O-Lantern
Was a very scary sight,
With triangle eyes, a twisted mouth,
And a huge hole for a nose.

Rufus Jack-O-Lantern
is a ghost tale so they say,
But the children know how the story goes,
How he came to scare them one day.

He chased them down to the old graveyard
With a broomstick and a mop
He scared them half to death until
He came to a sudden stop.

Oh, Rufus Jack-O-Lantern
His time had come to go.
He had to stop his scary chase
When his candle would no longer glow.

Thumpity, thump, thump,
Thumpity, thump, thump,
Look at Rufus go.

Thumpity, thump, thump,
Thumpity, thump, thump,
Watch out or he'll get your TOE!






Thanks to John Peoples
(The Derrick-News Herald 10/19/99)