Ghost Story Part the First

Mad Meg of the Moors they call her And she’s always dressed in white And she’s looking for a bus stop As she wanders through the night. You can hear her hideous mutter Oh my lord, oh dear, good heaven Where have they moved the stop For the number twenty seven. They say she was left behind From a charabanc in 1922 Stopping for the conveniences Then swiftly passing through. It was a works Christmas outing With such a disastrous end Poor Meg sadly parted From both family and friends She doesn’t wander often, Has been seen by very few, But it signifies misfortune For the unlucky ones who do. The late Bertie Higgins Said he crossed her path, And thirty seven years later Died violently in his bath. Mad Meg of the Moors they call her And she’s always dressed in white And she’s looking for a bus stop As she wanders through the night.