So I was thinking, why not a pumpkin chanty instead of a pumping chanty? (Take that pumpkin, put him in the alley, way, hey, put him in the alley....) I'll leave that one to your discretion.
Then the corridors of my mind opened a long-closed door to the mistrel song "Carve That Possum." That would be so easy to adapt to pumpkins that it'd be almost TOO easy. Let's see:
The pumpkin meat is good to eat, Carve him to the heart; You'll always find him good and sweet, Carve him to the heart; My dog did bark, aMy dog did whine, Carve him to the heart; To see that pumpkin on the vine, Carve him to the heart.
Chorus: Carve that pumpkin, carve that pumpkin, children, Carve that pumpkin, carve him to the heart; Oh, carve that pumpkin, carve that pumpkin, children, Carve that pumpkin, carve him to the heart.
I went outside to bring him in, Carve him to the heart; That pumpkin he began to grin, Carve him to the heart; I carried him home and cut his hat, Carve him to the heart; I scooped his seeds out on the mat, Carve him to the heart.
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Well first I carved his pumpkin eyes, Carve him to the heart; I kept the scraps to bake some pies, Carve him to the heart; And then I carved his pumpkin ear, Carve him to the heart; The scraps I'll brew some pumpkin beer, Carve him to the heart.
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I carved his mouth, I carved his nose Carve him to the heart; I'll make a curry out of those Carve him to the heart; And now I've carved my pumpkin's head Carve him to the heart; I'll grind his bones to make my bread; Carve him to the heart.
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I put a candle deep inside Carve him to the heart; And put him on the porch with pride Carve him to the heart; He'll give the neighbors quite a fright Carve him to the heart; When he's lit up on Halloween night.