Peanuts Halloween
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valarltdPeanuts Halloween Friday.
A link to The Great Old Pumpkin by John Aegard
"As you are no doubt aware, I am the issue of solid Dutch stock—the prosperous Van Pelt family of St. Paul. Mine was a comfortable and happy childhood, and I spent much of it in the devoted service of the Great Old Pumpkin. For him, I cultivated an annual pumpkin patch—mostly Autumn Gold and Big Max, as I thought he would find the Atlantic Giants tacky. I also evangelized him in the community, relating the tale of how, every year on Hallowmas Eve, the day when the spiritual most strongly encroaches on the substantial, this mightiest of gourds would rise to revel across the world with the most sincere of his adorers. My neighbors were understandably skeptical; after all, not once had this superbeing ever chosen to grace my pumpkin patch or any other place in our town. I vowed that I would coax him into my backyard, and I set out in the manner of a learned man to discover how I might do this.
This quest led me into mouldering libraries, cramped basement antiquaries, far-flung correspondences, and, on one occasion, frightening and persistent telephone conversations with a lunatic in Boston. The last raised alarms in my family. I promised them I would turn away from my studies, all the while resolving to continue them in secret. I committed everything I knew to memory, burned all my papers, and embroidered my most unfathomable and precious secrets in near-invisible thread on my security blanket, which as you can see, I carry still."
Pumpkin Carols Under the cut.
We Great Pumpkin Advocates Are
(sung to the tune of "We Three Kings of Orient Are")
We Great Pumpkin advocates are
singing tunes to friends near and far
of dark demons,
ghosts and goblins;
Great Pumpkin's our shining star!
Ohhhh -- ohhhhhhh__
Star of Horror, Star of Blight,
Star of mystic powers of might,
ever leading, we are pleading,
let this be Great Pumpkin's night!
The Great Pumpkin's Coming to Town
(Sung to the tune of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town")
Oh, you better not shriek;
You better not groan;
You better not howl;
You better not moan;
The Great Pumpkin's coming to town!
He's gonna find out
from folks that he meets
who deserves tricks
and who deserves treats;
The Great Pumpkin's coming to town!
He'll search in every pumpkin patch,
haunted houses far and near
to see if you've been spreading gloom
or bringing lots of cheer.
Oh, you better not shriek;
You better not groan;
You better not howl;
You better not moan;
The Great Pumpkin's coming to town!
Deck the Patch
(sung to the tune of "Deck The Halls")
Deck the patch with orange and black;
Fa-la-la-la-la_ la-la_ -la_ -la_ !
Take along your goodie sack;
Fa-la-la-la-la_ la-la_ -la_ -la_ !
Don we now our gay apparel;
Fa-la-la-la-la_ la-la_ -la_ -la_ !
Troll the ancient Pumpkin Carol;
Fa-la-la-la-la_ la-la_ -la_ -la_ !
See the Great One rise before us;
Fa-la-la-la-la_ la-la_ -la_ -la_ !
As we sing the pumpkin chorus;
Fa-la-la-la-la_ la-la_ -la_ -la_ !
Follow Him as lo, He ascend!
Fa-la-la-la-la_ la-la_ -la_ -la__ !
Join with true Great Pumpkin friends;
Fa-la-la-la-la_ la-la_ -la_ -la__ !
Fa-la-la-la-la__ la-la__-la_ -la____ !
O' Pumpkin Cards
(sung to the tune of "O' Christmas Tree")
O', Pumpkin Cards, o' Pumpkin Cards,
to my friends carry greetings;
Let them know the day is here
when Great Pumpkin will appear;
O', Pumpkin Cards, o', Pumpkin Cards,
to my friends carry gree-tings!
Pumpkin Wonderland
(sung to the tune of "Winter Wonderland")
Screech owls hoot, are you listenin'?
Beneath the moon, all is glistenin';
A real scary sight, we're happy tonight
waiting in a pumpkin wonderland
In the patch we're waiting for Great Pumpkin;
We've been waiting for this all year;
For we've tried to be nice to everybody
and to grow a patch that's most sincere.
Later on while we're eating
what we got trick-or-treating,
we'll share all our sacks
of Halloween snacks
waiting in a Pumpkin Wonderland!
I Heard the Bells On Halloween
(sung to the tune of "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day")
I heard the bells on Halloween,
their old familiar carols scream
and wild and sweet
the world repeat:
The Pumpkin Season's here again!
Then pealed the bells more loud and strong:
Great Pumpkin comes before too long!
The good will get;
The bad will fret;
The Pumpkin Season's here again!
I'm Dreaming of the Great Pumpkin
(sung to the tune of "I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas")
I'm dreaming of the Great Pumpkin
just like I do this time each year
when he brings nice toys
to good girls and boys
who wait for him to appear.
I'm dreaming of the Great Pumpkin
with every pumpkin card I write;
May your Jack-o'-Lanterns burn bright
when the Great Pumpkin visits you tonight!
Pumpkin Bells
(sung to the tune of "Jingle Bells")
Dashing through the streets
in our costumes bright and gay,
to each house we go
laughing all the way!
Halloween is here
filled with lots of cheer;
What fun it is to trick-or-treat
singin' Pumpkin Carols each year!
Oh, Pumpkin Bells, Pumpkin Bells,
ringing loud and clear,
Oh, what fun Great Pumpkin brings
when Halloween is here!
Oh, Pumpkin Bells, Pumpkin Bells,
ringing loud and clear,
Oh, what fun Great Pumpkin brings
when Halloween is here!
Shivery Yells
(Sung to to the tune of "Silver Bells")
We're on sidewalks; we're on porches
dressed in costumes to scare.
through the city we're ringing the doorbells
Trick or treating, candy eating,
gooey stuff in our hair;
but the most fun is shrieking out loud
Shivery yells, shivery yells,
That's the Halloween nitty-gritty
Moan and groan; leaves us alone
Halloween's just one night a year.
Out In The Pumpkin Patch
(Sung to the tune of "Up On The Housetop")
Out in the pumpkin patch, believers pause.
Up soars the Great One; hear the applause!
Down through the rows with goodies and toys
All for his followers' Halloween joys!!
Haunt! Haunt! Haunt! Who wouldn't want?
Haunt! Haunt! Haunt! Who wouldn't want?
To be in the pumpkin patch: Cheer! Cheer! Cheer!
Waiting for the Great One and being sincere.
The Twelve Days of Halloween
(sung to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas")
On the ( ___-nth) day of Halloween,
my True Love gave to me:
1. An owl in a rotten oak tree
2. Two trick-or-treaters
3. Three black cats
4. Four skeletons
5. Five scary spooks
6. Six goblins gobbling
7. Seven pumpkins glowing
8. Eight monsters shrieking
9. Nine ghosts a-booing
10. Ten ghouls a-groaning
11. Eleven masks a-leering
12. Twelve bats a-flying
"DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR, CHARLIE BROWN?"
Great Expectations in Anticipation of the Arrival of the Great One
(C) Copyright 2001 by James W. King (jameswking@aol.com); All Rights Reserved.
(Sung to the tune of Bing Crosby's classic version of the Christmas song "Do You Hear What I Hear?")
Howled the Night Wind to the Little Bird_ ,
"Do you see what I_ see__
soaring through the sky_ , Little Bird_?
Do you see what I_ see__?
An orb_ , an orb_ shining in the night_
like a Jack_ O'Lantern alight__ ,
like a Jack O'Lantern alight_ !"
Chirped the bird Woodstock to the Beagle Dog_ ,
"Do you hear what I hear__
ringing through the sky_ , Beagle Dog_?
Do you hear what I hear__?
A song_ , a song_ high above the trees_
which resounds_ with sincerity__ ,
which resounds with sincerity_!"
Barked the dog Snoopy to the Sincere Boy_ ,
"Do you know what I know__?
With your blanket blue_ , Sincere Boy_ ,
do you know what I know__?
A sign_ ! A sign_ beckons in the night_
to the patch where He will alight_ ,
to the patch where He will alight__ !"
Said Linus to Trick-or-Treaters ev'rywhere_ ,
"Listen to what I say__ !
Great Pumpkin's rising through the air_ !
Listen to what I say__ :
This gourd_ , this gourd_ shall set things aright_ ;
He shall bring_ us_ goodies tonight_ !
Great Pumpkin's bring-ing_ good-ies__ all right___ !"
Mostly Peanuts pic with a few extra cartoon characters.
A link to The Great Old Pumpkin by John Aegard
"As you are no doubt aware, I am the issue of solid Dutch stock—the prosperous Van Pelt family of St. Paul. Mine was a comfortable and happy childhood, and I spent much of it in the devoted service of the Great Old Pumpkin. For him, I cultivated an annual pumpkin patch—mostly Autumn Gold and Big Max, as I thought he would find the Atlantic Giants tacky. I also evangelized him in the community, relating the tale of how, every year on Hallowmas Eve, the day when the spiritual most strongly encroaches on the substantial, this mightiest of gourds would rise to revel across the world with the most sincere of his adorers. My neighbors were understandably skeptical; after all, not once had this superbeing ever chosen to grace my pumpkin patch or any other place in our town. I vowed that I would coax him into my backyard, and I set out in the manner of a learned man to discover how I might do this.
This quest led me into mouldering libraries, cramped basement antiquaries, far-flung correspondences, and, on one occasion, frightening and persistent telephone conversations with a lunatic in Boston. The last raised alarms in my family. I promised them I would turn away from my studies, all the while resolving to continue them in secret. I committed everything I knew to memory, burned all my papers, and embroidered my most unfathomable and precious secrets in near-invisible thread on my security blanket, which as you can see, I carry still."
Pumpkin Carols Under the cut.
We Great Pumpkin Advocates Are
(sung to the tune of "We Three Kings of Orient Are")
We Great Pumpkin advocates are
singing tunes to friends near and far
of dark demons,
ghosts and goblins;
Great Pumpkin's our shining star!
Ohhhh -- ohhhhhhh__
Star of Horror, Star of Blight,
Star of mystic powers of might,
ever leading, we are pleading,
let this be Great Pumpkin's night!
The Great Pumpkin's Coming to Town
(Sung to the tune of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town")
Oh, you better not shriek;
You better not groan;
You better not howl;
You better not moan;
The Great Pumpkin's coming to town!
He's gonna find out
from folks that he meets
who deserves tricks
and who deserves treats;
The Great Pumpkin's coming to town!
He'll search in every pumpkin patch,
haunted houses far and near
to see if you've been spreading gloom
or bringing lots of cheer.
Oh, you better not shriek;
You better not groan;
You better not howl;
You better not moan;
The Great Pumpkin's coming to town!
Deck the Patch
(sung to the tune of "Deck The Halls")
Deck the patch with orange and black;
Fa-la-la-la-la_ la-la_ -la_ -la_ !
Take along your goodie sack;
Fa-la-la-la-la_ la-la_ -la_ -la_ !
Don we now our gay apparel;
Fa-la-la-la-la_ la-la_ -la_ -la_ !
Troll the ancient Pumpkin Carol;
Fa-la-la-la-la_ la-la_ -la_ -la_ !
See the Great One rise before us;
Fa-la-la-la-la_ la-la_ -la_ -la_ !
As we sing the pumpkin chorus;
Fa-la-la-la-la_ la-la_ -la_ -la_ !
Follow Him as lo, He ascend!
Fa-la-la-la-la_ la-la_ -la_ -la__ !
Join with true Great Pumpkin friends;
Fa-la-la-la-la_ la-la_ -la_ -la__ !
Fa-la-la-la-la__ la-la__-la_ -la____ !
O' Pumpkin Cards
(sung to the tune of "O' Christmas Tree")
O', Pumpkin Cards, o' Pumpkin Cards,
to my friends carry greetings;
Let them know the day is here
when Great Pumpkin will appear;
O', Pumpkin Cards, o', Pumpkin Cards,
to my friends carry gree-tings!
Pumpkin Wonderland
(sung to the tune of "Winter Wonderland")
Screech owls hoot, are you listenin'?
Beneath the moon, all is glistenin';
A real scary sight, we're happy tonight
waiting in a pumpkin wonderland
In the patch we're waiting for Great Pumpkin;
We've been waiting for this all year;
For we've tried to be nice to everybody
and to grow a patch that's most sincere.
Later on while we're eating
what we got trick-or-treating,
we'll share all our sacks
of Halloween snacks
waiting in a Pumpkin Wonderland!
I Heard the Bells On Halloween
(sung to the tune of "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day")
I heard the bells on Halloween,
their old familiar carols scream
and wild and sweet
the world repeat:
The Pumpkin Season's here again!
Then pealed the bells more loud and strong:
Great Pumpkin comes before too long!
The good will get;
The bad will fret;
The Pumpkin Season's here again!
I'm Dreaming of the Great Pumpkin
(sung to the tune of "I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas")
I'm dreaming of the Great Pumpkin
just like I do this time each year
when he brings nice toys
to good girls and boys
who wait for him to appear.
I'm dreaming of the Great Pumpkin
with every pumpkin card I write;
May your Jack-o'-Lanterns burn bright
when the Great Pumpkin visits you tonight!
Pumpkin Bells
(sung to the tune of "Jingle Bells")
Dashing through the streets
in our costumes bright and gay,
to each house we go
laughing all the way!
Halloween is here
filled with lots of cheer;
What fun it is to trick-or-treat
singin' Pumpkin Carols each year!
Oh, Pumpkin Bells, Pumpkin Bells,
ringing loud and clear,
Oh, what fun Great Pumpkin brings
when Halloween is here!
Oh, Pumpkin Bells, Pumpkin Bells,
ringing loud and clear,
Oh, what fun Great Pumpkin brings
when Halloween is here!
Shivery Yells
(Sung to to the tune of "Silver Bells")
We're on sidewalks; we're on porches
dressed in costumes to scare.
through the city we're ringing the doorbells
Trick or treating, candy eating,
gooey stuff in our hair;
but the most fun is shrieking out loud
Shivery yells, shivery yells,
That's the Halloween nitty-gritty
Moan and groan; leaves us alone
Halloween's just one night a year.
Out In The Pumpkin Patch
(Sung to the tune of "Up On The Housetop")
Out in the pumpkin patch, believers pause.
Up soars the Great One; hear the applause!
Down through the rows with goodies and toys
All for his followers' Halloween joys!!
Haunt! Haunt! Haunt! Who wouldn't want?
Haunt! Haunt! Haunt! Who wouldn't want?
To be in the pumpkin patch: Cheer! Cheer! Cheer!
Waiting for the Great One and being sincere.
The Twelve Days of Halloween
(sung to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas")
On the ( ___-nth) day of Halloween,
my True Love gave to me:
1. An owl in a rotten oak tree
2. Two trick-or-treaters
3. Three black cats
4. Four skeletons
5. Five scary spooks
6. Six goblins gobbling
7. Seven pumpkins glowing
8. Eight monsters shrieking
9. Nine ghosts a-booing
10. Ten ghouls a-groaning
11. Eleven masks a-leering
12. Twelve bats a-flying
"DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR, CHARLIE BROWN?"
Great Expectations in Anticipation of the Arrival of the Great One
(C) Copyright 2001 by James W. King (jameswking@aol.com); All Rights Reserved.
(Sung to the tune of Bing Crosby's classic version of the Christmas song "Do You Hear What I Hear?")
Howled the Night Wind to the Little Bird_ ,
"Do you see what I_ see__
soaring through the sky_ , Little Bird_?
Do you see what I_ see__?
An orb_ , an orb_ shining in the night_
like a Jack_ O'Lantern alight__ ,
like a Jack O'Lantern alight_ !"
Chirped the bird Woodstock to the Beagle Dog_ ,
"Do you hear what I hear__
ringing through the sky_ , Beagle Dog_?
Do you hear what I hear__?
A song_ , a song_ high above the trees_
which resounds_ with sincerity__ ,
which resounds with sincerity_!"
Barked the dog Snoopy to the Sincere Boy_ ,
"Do you know what I know__?
With your blanket blue_ , Sincere Boy_ ,
do you know what I know__?
A sign_ ! A sign_ beckons in the night_
to the patch where He will alight_ ,
to the patch where He will alight__ !"
Said Linus to Trick-or-Treaters ev'rywhere_ ,
"Listen to what I say__ !
Great Pumpkin's rising through the air_ !
Listen to what I say__ :
This gourd_ , this gourd_ shall set things aright_ ;
He shall bring_ us_ goodies tonight_ !
Great Pumpkin's bring-ing_ good-ies__ all right___ !"
Mostly Peanuts pic with a few extra cartoon characters.
