The Whitby Dracula 1977 (Halloween Nostalgia)

Dracula Whitbyiensis (The Whitby Dracula)

By the light
Of the silvery moon

I importune
Pretty maidens, who swoon at what I'm doin'.

Then off I zoom

to my room with a tomb.
Just popped out for a bite.

Did I give you a fright?

I'll be back again soon,
By the light of the moon.

By the light
Of the silvery stars

Outside the graveyard I pause

With someone's throat in my jaws.
(Oh! Let my dentures dent yours!)

Singing this refrain

In a jocular vein:

A drop or two of you will see me through;

Can you lend me a spoon?

By the light of the moon.

In my cloak and hat
With my little pet bat

What an aristocrat!
Who can guess what I'm at?
(Assault and battery that's what! )
As I flit

Across the moon I'm well lit:

I had a little haemorrhage

I've been keeping in the fridge!

I'm going to croon

By the light of the moon.

c. Mike Absalom 1977