Creepy songs for Halloween!

Subject: RE: Creepy songs for Halloween!
From: CupOfTea
Date: 31 Oct 15 - 05:15 PM

I was delighted to hear an old favorite pulled out on Cousin Jimmy's show on WRUW. He's been playing folk on radio for 30+ years, and went to vinyl to play "Mallon's Bridge" off an early Mustard's Retreat album. Michael Hough's superb spooky storytelling in this song is underscored * by tin whistle and atmospheric melody on fiddle (that I think was played by Garnet Rogers).

Joanne I'm Cleveland

* every time I pun, even mild ones, I think of Art

Subject: RE: Creepy songs for Halloween!
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 31 Oct 15 - 02:20 PM

How's about The Murder Of Maria Marten, preferably the No Roses version complete with sinister crunching gravel...

Subject: RE: Creepy songs for Halloween!
From: Joe Offer
Date: 31 Oct 15 - 11:58 AM

The Griesly Bride is a favorite of mine for Halloween.

Subject: RE: Creepy songs for Halloween!
From: Ged Fox
Date: 31 Oct 15 - 11:52 AM

My Ladye's Coach

Subject: RE: Creepy songs for Halloween!
From: Lighter
Date: 31 Oct 15 - 10:06 AM

In that case, try Jean Redpath's "Clerk Saunders."

Subject: RE: Creepy songs for Halloween!
From: GUEST,Arkie
Date: 31 Oct 15 - 09:07 AM

We played "The Unquiet Grave" on the Ozark Folk Center show this morning.

Subject: RE: Creepy songs for Halloween!
From: Lighter
Date: 31 Oct 15 - 08:53 AM

A friend of mine once said that the tune of "Charlie is My Darling," played at funereal tempo, was very creepy.

Subject: RE: Creepy songs for Halloween!
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 31 Oct 15 - 08:31 AM

Lyke-Wake Dirge?

Subject: Creepy songs for Halloween!
From: sammiann226
Date: 31 Oct 15 - 03:40 AM

I'm creating a playlist for friends, pulling in the creepiest songs for Halloween. There have to be a lot of gems in the folk canon.

I'm thinking along the lines of O Death or a funereal-sounding House of the Rising Sun. Any suggestions?

Happy Halloween!