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H-A-double L-O-W-double E-N spells “Halloween”!

October 22, 2007 by Merri Williams

For your listening pleasure, enjoy this blast from the past (1969):

2008 UPDATE: Complete lyrics are now available at this location on my blog:
http://masterworks.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/musical-memories-of-halloween/

I have also located another source to download the complete album that this song came from, and you will find it on that page as well.

Happy Halloween, everyone!

Posted in Audio Clips, FYE - For Your Enjoyment, Funnies, Holidays, Music For Children | Tagged fun songs, Golden Records, Halloween, Halloween songs, scary songs | 40 Comments

40 Responses

on October 29, 2007 at 8:46 pm Josh

Thank you for this song. I’ve been looking for it since 1979 (When I was 5)!!!!! Josh
on October 29, 2007 at 9:01 pm Merri Williams

You’re quite welcome, Josh! Glad you enjoyed it!
on October 31, 2007 at 3:24 am Melissa

I agree with Josh, although I’ve only been looking since middle school (2001-2003). Thank god for the Internet!

I love this song!

Melissa
on October 31, 2007 at 1:50 pm Amy

Thanks so much for posting! We sang this song when I was in elementary school and I loved it! I have been trying to find it to teach to my 6 year old daughter. I’m so excited! Thanks!
on October 31, 2007 at 7:04 pm Merri Williams

I’m glad that another generation will have this song to enjoy and pass along to their own kids, too. Thanks for stopping by!
on October 31, 2007 at 9:36 pm Nicole

Every year I think of this song (that I barely remembered — I just knew the chorus).

We had a music teacher in elementary school who played this song for us each year (this was in the early 80s).

I remember this song and another sort of like it, that went something like “Have you seen the ghost of John?”

Does anyone else remember that one?

Thanks so much for posting this. It really brought back a wonderful childhood memory.
on December 4, 2007 at 2:57 pm steve

Can you tell me the name of the people who do this?And can I still buy this somewhere?Thank you…ss
on December 6, 2007 at 3:20 pm Merri Williams

As far as I know, Steve, it is no longer available. But you can find it here at this site:

http://scarstuff.blogspot.com/2006/03/wade-denning-kay-lande-halloween-games.html

You can download it directly to your computer which is what I did. It downloads as a Winrar zip file which will unzip after downloading into ten (10) separate mp3 files.

Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for stopping by.

Merry Christmas!
on January 12, 2008 at 8:39 pm Savannah

This is amazing! I haven’t heard this since Kindergarden. I’ve looked for it for years. My music teacher taught us to play this song and died recently.

Thanks so much! It makes me miss her more, she was a great teacher.
on January 12, 2008 at 8:40 pm Savannah

Btw, I’m only 18, so the song still survives, I guess.
on March 10, 2008 at 12:21 am Kaitlin

Yeah, i’ve been looking for this song for so long. I too was taught it in elementary school. We had a movie clip though, of skeletons dancing in a graveyard to this song. Every year at halloween i sing this and humm it, such a memorable song
on March 21, 2008 at 6:45 pm Joan F.

I had been looking for this song for years and years….and have introduced it to my kids. In 1979/1980 (I was 8/9) we used to listen to it in music class at Halloween time, and our teacher also played a film of dancing skeletons (maybe Disney’s Silly Symphony). Maybe Kaitlin and I were in the same class….
on March 24, 2008 at 1:21 pm mary beth

omg!
i cant believe this, i knew the chorus, but couldnt think of the words, i havent heard it in about 20 years and the second the music started , all the words ( or most ) came right back ro me. even gave me goose bumps. thank you so much~~
on March 24, 2008 at 2:57 pm Merri Williams

Glad you enjoyed it!
on April 3, 2008 at 7:26 pm Brian

Does anyone know the name of the cartoons of the dancing skeletons that used to go with this song? We used to see it in elementary school. But I can’t find it because I have no idea what its called. I really want to show it to my Nephews.
on August 14, 2008 at 7:10 pm Lauren

I can’t believe it! I entered the first lyrics of this song on Google and never thought I would be able to find it. We listened to this in music class in elementary school. I always liked the song, and as an adult remembered almost all of the words. Being a musician myself, it’s really special for me to have found this. It brings back so many wonderful memories for me.

Thanks so much for posting!
on August 16, 2008 at 2:19 am Liv

I can’t thank you enough for posting! I was taught this song in first grade, which was in 2002, and I had no idea this song was so old! Every halloween I thought of this song but I never looked for it. Today I decided to look and I found it! My techer picked a couple students to hold the letters and have back to audience so when they sang the letter you would turn around. I was double L.
on August 25, 2008 at 1:21 am Jana

Uhhh…this is the song I was looking for…forever…since Elementary. However, I guess I was in a ‘new gen’ and we had a remake of the song with strings and not children voices. It had a video with skeletons having fun on Halloween night then they all floated through the sky in a circle into this black hole then they had to go back to their graves. Maybe my memory has distorted it…but I don’t think so…
on September 2, 2008 at 11:09 pm Zac

Thank you. I remember this from kindergarten. What an awesome song. The chorus never leaves you.
on September 10, 2008 at 7:22 pm Mimi

Merri –

I too am ridiculously grateful that you posted this song!!! I listened to it in kindergarten too (I’m noticing a theme)… and have been looking for it forever. You are fabulous! Thank you, thank you thank you!
on September 10, 2008 at 9:57 pm Merri Williams

You’re quite welcome, Mimi! I’m glad you found it here and that it brought back such good memories. Thanks for stopping by!
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on September 23, 2008 at 1:00 pm Stephanie

Merri,
This is my favorite album! I used to listen to this album all year long when I was a child. My sister still has the album but it has seen better days. It is pretty scratched and we are unable to play it now. I have been searching the internet for years trying to find a replacement record or get a copy of it on CD. Is this your record? I would love to have the album to play at my son’s Halloween party this year. Do you know where I can get a copy? Please let me know.
on September 24, 2008 at 10:46 am Lauren

Do you know where i can buy this song? Im a music teacher and would like to teach it to my kids. its such a cute song.
on September 24, 2008 at 7:52 pm Cat

Thanks for posting this. i remember this from when i was in kindergarden, and whenever its that time of year where it starts to be a chill in the air and the leaves start to change…. i think about this song.

and that chorus never leaves your head. i never for forgot how to spell halloween again!

the music, melody or whatever you call it is from a classical piece called danse macabre.

Thank you again.. also i was wondering if there was a way to download the song. thanks!
on September 25, 2008 at 3:01 pm Kristen

That just made my day! Thank you. I’ve been wondering where that song got to.
on September 29, 2008 at 9:12 pm cassidy

OMG. Im in 6th grade and they still teach that song omg i luv it but its so old lol thank you for finding it wow
on October 5, 2008 at 4:26 pm Carrie

I am in school and we sing this song in music class I LOVE IT!!
on October 5, 2008 at 10:03 pm Susan Barbarino

thank you so much, I remember my music teacher Mr. Heinze taught me this song in 4th grade and it was driving me crazy not knowing the lyrics to this song…thank you so much…I love this song.
on October 7, 2008 at 8:33 pm Joy Cannizzaro

HaHa! I found this song here last year and my pc crashed and I’m so thankful I found it again!!!! I even passed this song down to my kids.

THANK YOU MRS. PINEIRO FOR TEACHING ME THIS SONG 25 YEARS AGO!!!! I SING IT EVERY YEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND SO DO MY KIDS.

AND THANKYOU MERRI FOR POSTING AND KEEPING THAT FEELING ALIVE!!!!
on October 7, 2008 at 9:12 pm Merri Williams

You’re quite welcome, Joy! I understand *all* too well your pain regarding a pc crash. My external hard drive did the same thing last May, and, if it weren’t for my iPod and this blog, I would have lost a *LOT* more than I did!

Glad you stopped by. Have a *wonderful* time with your kids!
on October 8, 2008 at 1:11 pm cisforcow

No one believed me that this song existed….thank you for providing my proof of sanity…..LOL -
on October 9, 2008 at 11:06 am jonathan

It’s amazing that a few sounds can evoke such familiarity over the space of nearly thirty years. My nursery school had this record, and I used to listen to over and over…

I googled “h a double-l o” and here it is.
on October 9, 2008 at 12:14 pm K

Where can I buy this song? And where can I find the lyrics written out?
on October 10, 2008 at 6:32 am Paul

Oh my god!! Thank you so much for posting this. I am 38 years old and this was my very first album I ever bought when I was 6 years old. Do yuo know if it is on CD anywhere? It brings back A LOT of good memories.
on October 13, 2008 at 12:34 pm Angie

OMG!!!! thank you for posting this song i have been looking for it for ages!!! I used to listen to it as a child and could never find it for my children!! who sings this so i may go by the cd for my children or possibly download it for them please let me know. thank you again, warmed my heart to hear it and made me smile.
on October 13, 2008 at 10:42 pm John

I have not herd this song in over 30 years. I still sing the chorus in my head in order to spell HALLOWEEN.

How sad is that?
on October 15, 2008 at 5:15 pm Eric

Yes, thank you for posting this. I remember singing to this record when I was in Elementary school each year. I never thought I would hear it again, and I am so happy you posted this – it brings back a great memories.
on October 16, 2008 at 1:51 pm Merri Williams

UPDATE: Complete lyrics are now available at this location on my blog:
http://masterworks.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/musical-memories-of-halloween/

I have also located another source to download the complete album that this song came from, and you will find it on that page as well.

Happy Halloween, everyone!
on October 31, 2008 at 8:55 pm Matt

Merri, like all the rest I must thank you for posting this song… I remember having Halloween parades around my elementary school listening to this song on the over head speakers almost twenty years ago. It really does bring back fond memories. Happy Halloween!

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