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.... and a special party recipe, down at the end of the page ....
Music to carve pumpkins by:
"Down In The Vaults"
Scroll down the page for lyrics and history of the song
"Get Lost Ghost"
Scroll down the page for lyrics and history of the song
"DOWN IN THE VAULTS"
When you've blown the final candle out
And put the kids to bed
And announce that day is dead
Don't be too sure, or too demure
'Cause the vigor mortis sets in
And the little nails of lead
By their caskets soon are shed
Down on the moor.
Just about midnight, in the murky light
If you're caught out in the road
O'er the mud and mire, the spooky choir goes
La la, la la la la la la la
And the coffin lids will open
And the go go dance begins
Just because some medicines can't make the cure
Death will play a solo on the rattle to the moans
Of the half assembled bones
That try to dance - circumstances
Just will not permit your
Waiting out the final waltz
They dismiss your many faults and take your hands
Then you'll bend a knee in the jamboree
'Til the cock begins to crow
And you hear once more the mournful score go:
La la, la la la la la la la
And the ghostly host will leave you
To settle down to sleep
And it's just about six feet deep, down in the vaults!
Music and lyrics © 2003 by Kristian Hoffman Gothic Novelty Music
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"Down in the Vaults" was written for Lance Loud to sing at the Zombie Jamboree circa 1985. Here is the original ad for the show:
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Craig Roose made an incredible set of an evil decaying farmhouse in a withered cornfield, and there were plaster grave stones from which nearly naked blood smeared go-go ghouls leapt while Lance sang this cartoonish ditty. John Fleck supplied the ghastly "la-la's" in the chorus.
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"GET LOST GHOST"
If God had meant the rifle to repeat
Maybe it would have been born that way
I've got eternity to try to beat
This curse the spirits have put on me now
Get Lost Ghost
Can't you see that I'm still building
Get Lost Ghost
When will you be still?
Why did I ever call the medium?
Lost souls pointing their fingers at me
Full of bullet holes in kingdom come
Oh no! How can I ever be free?
Get Lost Ghost
Can't you see that I'm still building
Get Lost Ghost
When will you be still?
Deep in the twisted maze I feel a chilly breath
I can hear those voices, voices, voices
I made a profit out of every single death
I can hear those voices, voices, voices
Room upon room
Stair upon stair
No matter how twisted the maze,
They are there!
Get Lost Ghost
Can't you see that I'm still building
Get Lost Ghost
When will you be still?
Music and lyrics © 2003 by Kristian Hoffman Gothic Novelty Music
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Ann Magnuson performed "Get Lost Ghost" at her Hallowe'en shows in L.A. at Luna Park and in NYC at Joe's Pub circa 1999. It was written to memorialize Mrs. Winchester (true story) wife of the inventor of the Winchester Repeating Rifle, who felt the only way she could evade the marauding spirits of the people killed by her husband's invention was to keep adding rooms to her San Jose mansion to confuse them. This resulted in the bizarre jumble of stairs to nowhere, bricked up doorways, and windowless rooms that is the Victorian "Winchester House of Mystery!" (Some of my best guitar work on this track!)
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Kitty Litter Recipe
Go here for a printer friendly version of the recipe with a picture, just like in one of those fancy dessert cookbooks.
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This fantastically creepy recipe comes to us
courtesy of Iris Berry. It's not exactly the sort of recipe that church elders and
bridge club members used to exchange, but for some reason it feels that way! It's a tasty recipe for a cake that ends up
looking exactly like....well......how can I put this.......a litter box
full of cat shit!
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CAT LITTER CAKE RECIPE - A sure fire hit for the next family get together or party.
WANT TO HAVE FUN AT A PARTY? PREPARE THIS RECIPE AND WATCH YOUR FRIENDS' FACES !!
[*NOTE: THIS CAKE CONTAINS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT IS NOT EDIBLE!!*]
CAKE INGREDIENTS
1 box spice or German chocolate cake mix
1 box of white cake mix
1 package white sandwich cookies
1 large package vanilla instant pudding mix
A few drops green food coloring
12 small Tootsie Rolls or equivalent
SERVING "DISHES AND UTENSILS"
1 NEW cat-litter box
1 NEW cat-litter box liner
1 NEW pooper scooper
Prepare and bake cake mixes, according to directions, in any
size pan. Prepare pudding and chill. Crumble cookies in small batches
in blender or food processor. Add a few drops of green food coloring
to 1 cup of cookie crumbs. Mix with a fork or shake in a jar. Set
aside.
When cakes are at room temperature, crumble them into a large
bowl. Toss with half of the remaining cookie crumbs and enough
pudding to make the mixture moist but not soggy. Place liner in
litter box and pour in mixture.
Unwrap 3 Tootsie Rolls and heat in a microwave until soft and
pliable. Shape the blunt ends into slightly curved points. Repeat
with three more rolls. Bury the rolls decoratively in the cake
mixture. Sprinkle remaining white cookie crumbs over the mixture,
then scatter green crumbs lightly over top.
Heat 5 more Tootsie Rolls until almost melted. Scrape them on
top of the cake and sprinkle with crumbs from the litter box. Heat
the remaining Tootsie Roll until pliable and hang it over the edge of
the box.
Place box on a sheet of newspaper and serve with scooper.
Enjoy!
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