Halloween Night

We looked at him with children’s eyes Way back in fifty two He rode and roped and wore real spurs Like all true cowboy’s do. We thought that deep within his soul A sense of humor grew We’d seen it in our Western folks – With him nobody knew. Then came one night of Halloween – We’re at the picture show, Ol’ Frankenstein was at his best Just moanin’ soft and low We heard a ghostly scream and then A curdlin’ Texas yell - A horseman ridin’ up the aisle Like he was straight from Hell We cowered way down in our seats He laughed and reared his horse Then he rode out the other aisle His screamin’ just got worse. We peered above the tops of seats And watched this ghostly man Ride out the way that he came in And robbed the popcorn stand. We left the show, ran to the street, The horseman was long gone Our cowboy friend sat in his truck – Just bored and all alone. We told him all that we had seen, He said, “I heard the noise.. You never know ‘bout Halloween, Have some popcorn boys.” 10/12/2016