I’m sure we weren’t the only family that did this, of course, but our “Twelve Days of Halloween” song was very special to us. My sister and I loved singing this with mom every year. I’ve got no way to determine exactly the date, but one year mom transcribed the lyrics. Judging by the handwriting, I guess my sister or I helped a bit; or maybe one of us found her lyrics later and decided to annotate them.
About a year and a half after she died, I found them in a big box of mom’s old files and scraps of memories.
On the first day of Halloween, my true love gave me to me … an owl in an old dead tree.
On the second day of Halloween, my true love gave to me … two trick or treaters …
… three black cats …
… four skeletons …
… five scary ghosts …
… six witches flying …
… seven goblins gobbling …
… eight Jack-o-lanterns …
… nine monsters howling …
… ten bats flying …
… eleven haunted houses …
… twelve spooky noises …
