MR. GHOST GOES TO TOWN
Words by Mitchell Parish and Irving Mills; music by Will Hudson, ©1936.
As sung by The Five Jones Boys

Who's there? Who's there,
Up there on the stair?
Beware! Beware!
I hear somebody coming.
Upon his toes—
Oh, look! There he goes!
Why, Mister Ghost is going to town.

He takes his cane,
His gloves and his hat,
And like a cat,
He hurries down the alley.
The moon is bright,
And this is the night
When Mister Ghost is going to town.

He's feeling great,
And he can't be late.
He's got a date
To do a little stepping.
He'll shake his bones
To hot saxophones,
'Cause Mister Ghost is going to town.


The Five Jones Boys recorded this a cappella, with lots of "mouth music" imitating various instruments.

Another vocal recording was made by
Midge Williams with the Jerry Freeman Orchestra

Instrumental versions were recorded by: Woody Herman and His Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, The Hudson-DeLange Orchestra, and several others.