Lyr Add: Hallow's Eve by Reina del Cid

Subject: Lyr Add: Hallow's Eve by Reina del Cid
From: GUEST,Rick Pollay
Date: 25 Oct 21 - 03:09 PM

Hallow’s Eve (cf Monster Mash) by young talented Reina del Cid (2021)

Tune and video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc_8kpozjPw

A panoply of ghosts, ghouls, goblins from fables, fantasy and fiction that will test your knowledge.


HALLOW'S EVE
(Reina del Cid)

Rubato intro
Throughout the year, we shrink from our fear
Hide from our demons ‘til the daylight appears
But on one hallowed night, when the moon is just right
We seek out the darkness and welcome the fright
-- - -
On this Hallow’s Eve I’ll make friends with the ghosts
I’ll gather the monsters and raise up a toast
A fest for the ages, and I’ll be the host
(So) Come one, come all this Halloween. Come one, come all this year.

I’ll start with the monster from under my bed
Though we haven’t spoken since I was a kid
I’ll tell him to bring all his scariest friends
The famous and the feared. Come one, come all this year.

BR        We’ll fling the message far
       To the goblins where they are
       From the vampires in the East
       To the garden of The Beast

Now it’s Halloween night and the ghouls have arrived
The werewolves of London, the ghosts of Versailles
If you invite Jekyll you also get Hyde
The demented and the dear. Come one, come all this year.

Godzilla is picking a fight with King Kong
And Medusa and Hydra just don’t get along
But it happens that Kraken is gifted in song
And he sings them all to cheer. Come one, come all this year.

The boggles and banshees are briefly ensnared
By the boogeyman’s pageant of cheap party scares
And Rochester’s wife is descending the stairs
“My God” she says thru tears. “I not alone this year.”

BR        The Sirens play guitar
        for the Gargoyles at the bar
        They pass the spirits ‘round
        as the Triffids hand them down

Quasimodo is only a ringer of bells
The witches of Salem don’t know any spells
Boo Radley would gladly just keep to himself
So, lets pour them all a beer. Come one, come all this year.

Bigfoot and Grendel, though trans-continental
Are sharing a moment that’s quite sentimental
The great Chupacabra lights his candelabra
And dances ‘til first morning light

Daybreak arrives with the fading of ghosts
Count Dracula is the last one to go
I bid him farewell and I hand him his coat
And with a wink he says “My dear,
We’ll meet again next year, don’t you fear …
        Come one, come all this year.


Here is a glossary of less common references:

Banshee: Irish female spirit who heralds the death of a family member by wailing or keening.
Bigfoot: cf Sasquatch, Yeti ape-like creature
Boggles: Scots ghost whose purpose is perplexing mankind. (as in boggle the mind.)
Boo Radley: Too Kill a Mockingbird - sickly white, thin mouth, thin feathery hair, grey eyes

Chupacabra: Puerto Rico - Dog-like vampire creature said to drink the blood of livestock.
Gargoyles: Grotesques said to protect what they guard, such as a church, from evil spirits.
Grendel: Beowulf. - "a creature of darkness, exiled from happiness”

Hydra: Greek - many-headed serpent
Kraken: Scandinavian legendary squid like sea monster of gigantic size
Medusa: Greek - winged human females with living snakes for hair

Quasimodo: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Rochester’s Wife: Jane Eyre – mad woman locked in the attic
Sirens: Greek – creatures who lured sailors with music and singing to shipwreck on rocks

Triffids: a fictional tall, mobile, carnivorous plant species