The Ghost Songtext
von George Formby

The house that I live in is haunted
I′ve heard funny noises of late
For one evening in the back kitchen elsewhere
I saw a man's shadow go creeping in there
When I told the wife she said "Hush, it′s a ghost
And you'd better get off to bed
Keep out of his way, don't let him see you
Every man that he looks at drops dead"
I′m terrified out of me life
I′d leave the house but for the wife

Our house is haunted
I'm sure there′s a ghost in the house


One night deathlike silence was heard all about
To make matters worse all the lights they went out
The wife said to me "Off to bed
And I'll see if I can′t find the ghost"
She went in the pantry "Don't move" someone said
Then I heard things like knives being sharpened, I turned red
When a voice says "Where is he?" I fell out of bed
Oh, I wish we were rid of the ghost

One night as I sat in me bedroom
I heard a disturbance downstairs
Someone screamed and said "Oh, you mustn′t do that"
I locked me room door and hid under the mat
I used to have three suits of clothes once to wear
But now I can only find one
I said to the wife "Where's me clothes?"
She said "Hush, and I'll see if the ghost has ′em on"
She says "Through brick walls he can get
He′s been through my pockets I'll bet"

Our house is haunted
I′m sure there's a ghost in the house


Every night round the place softly creeping he goes
But my wife′s not frightened, her courage she shows
Each night I can hear him below
And the wife knows I'm frightened the most
She gets up and leaves me in bed pale with fright
Whilst downstairs for hours she hunts him left and right
I haven′t seen her since 11 last night
Oh, I wish we were rid of the ghost

Oh, mother