Thread: The Hearse Song

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Here is a Halloween song I forgot all about till Madame X said something about it Tonight.

The Hearse Song
Do you ever think as a hearse goes by,
that you may be the next to die?

They wrap you up in a big white sheet
From your head down to your feet.

They put you in a big black box,
And cover you up with dirt and rocks.

All goes well for about a week,
Then your coffin begins to leak.

The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out,
The worms play pinochle on your snout.

They eat your eyes, they eat your nose,
They eat the jelly between your toes.

A big green worm with rolling eyes,
Crawls in your stomach and out your eyes.

Your stomach turns a slimy green,
And pus pours out like whipping cream.

You spread it on a slice of bread,
And that's what you eat when you are dead.

YouTube - The Hearse Song
and here is another oldie Moldie

http://www.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/s...pleold1258.mp3


There was an old woman all skin and bones,
Hmm-um-um-um-um.
She went to the doctor and this she said,
Hmm-um-um-um-um.
“Will I be this way when I am dead?”
Hmm-um-um-um-um.
“Yes, you’ll be that way when you are dead.”
Hmm-um-um-um-um.

She went back home, and she went to bed,
Hmm-um-um-um-um.
“Yes, I’ll be this way when I am dead.”
Hmm-um-um-um-um.
Boo!

That YouTube singer is George S. Irving who narrated several of the Alvin Schwartz Audiobooks from his "Scary Story" series. He sang a short version of that song at the end of the first of the Scary Books. You can find the books shared HERE.

Oh Hey Hallowweiner How are you ? Do you have that one on your website? I dont remember if you do?
Madame X was sitting on the couch helping me put my zombie together and she started singing that song.she learned it long time ago in Kindergarden. I had forgot all about it.so we had to look the words up because she forgot most of them..lol after all in her old age of 32 yrs.

hi blinky, they had an article in the newspaper last year with verses to that hearse song. it said go into google for different variations. so i did and found the exact one we used to sing. the variations are fun also. i printed off the different variations. last year i did a zombie theme, i wanted to put a cardboard hearse out front with the kids in my haunt singing that song on recorder, ran out of time and never got it accomplished

Originally Posted by hallorenescene

hi blinky, they had an article in the newspaper last year with verses to that hearse song. it said go into google for different variations. so i did and found the exact one we used to sing. the variations are fun also. i printed off the different variations. last year i did a zombie theme, i wanted to put a cardboard hearse out front with the kids in my haunt singing that song on recorder, ran out of time and never got it accomplished

sounds like a pretty fun idea and the kids will learn a new song,lol

I know on one of the Audiobooks that Irving recorded he did a version of the song at the end of one of the tapes. Don't recall if it is the same one on the YouTube video or not. That's how I recognized his voice on that YouTube video. If you click the word HERE in my post above it will take you to my blog where I shared the audiobooks.

Speaking of Hearses - has anyone seen one of the Beistle 6 Foot cardboard hearses? I have seen them for sale on ebay now and then.

Here also is a recording I just did based on a scene from "House Of 1,000 Corpses". It is an edited version of Aleister Crowley reading his poem "The Poet". You can find it at my blog HERE

Originally Posted by RBC

Oh Hey Hallowweiner How are you ? Do you have that one on your website? I dont remember if you do?
Madame X was sitting on the couch helping me put my zombie together and she started singing that song.she learned it long time ago in Kindergarden. I had forgot all about it.so we had to look the words up because she forgot most of them..lol after all in her old age of 32 yrs.

I remember my dad teaching us that song when we were little his version went like this
don't ever laugh when a hearse go by
for you maybe the next to die
the worms crawl in and
the worms crawl out and
get all over like sauerkraut


I forgot all about that until I seen this thread, thanks !!

I learned it like this:

Whenever you see a hearse go by
Remember you might be the next one to die

They wrap you up in a big white sheet
and bury you down about six feet

The worms crawl in the worms crawl out
the worm play pinochle in you snout

And then you turn a slimy green
and pus comes out like whipping cream!

Darn, I forgot my spoon...

-handy_haunter

hey blinky, do you remember the song that goes something like this---great big gobs of greasy grimey gopher guts, itty bitty birdy feet, simmered monkey meat swimming in my soup and i forgot my spoon

Originally Posted by hallorenescene

hey blinky, do you remember the song that goes something like this---great big gobs of greasy grimey gopher guts, itty bitty birdy feet, simmered monkey meat swimming in my soup and i forgot my spoon

Lol child hood is Great, yes I remember some of the song was that all the woeds to it? or do we have to try and google them..

I know madame X doesn't get on here much she is shy. be the reason this whole thing got statred was her fault..lol

she wanted my new zombie to sing some of this kid songs these halloween. wonder if DB can sound like a kid lol