Sorry to be a bit late, but I've been out trick or treating. What about this Glasgow street song: There is a happy land, down in Duke Street Jail, Where all the prisoners stand, taied to a nail, Bread and jam they never see, dirty water for their tea, There they live and there they dee, God Save the Queen! Glasgow Corporation has got a splendid plan, To build a block of tenements upon the Happy Land, But there's sixteen murderers buried there, so watch yourself coming doon the stair, Or a hand'll come oot and grab your hair! God Save the Queen! Sung to the hymn tune 'There Is A Happy Land'. The ghostly second verse was added when there really was a plan to tear the old jail down and build flats on it. If you want something a bit dramatic, what about 'The Ghosts' High Noon' from 'Ruddigore. Get somebody with a really narsty laugh doing that and there won't be a dry seat in the house.
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