skeletal waltz

The Rattlebone Dance

by Hannah Murphy August23, 2008

Skeletons dance

They fuss and fight

Bones are a shaken

In the pale moon light

Rockin and knockin

Bones rattle and roll

Loosey Goosey Ghosties

Dancin in a row.

With nothin to show

But their dry old bones

Underneath the moon

As they rock on home

Chicky Chicky Coo

A beebopping too

Hip and a Hop

And a cockadoodledooo

Chicky Chicky Rock

And a chicy chicy cooooo

Beeboppin rock

And a cocka dooodle dooooo

Sunshine is peaking

O're the grave stones too

As the bone dance ends 

with Cocka doodle doooo

Climb in your  caskets

You rattling crew

Get yourself in your beds

Of dust, dank, and dew

Time to sleep

That rooster's telling you

Time to end the Dance

Of the Rattlebone Crew

With a Cocka Dooodooodle doooodoodle doo

I was thinking about my son when he was a little boy.

I could make up stories or retell those we knew. Or like the above, we could make up songs.

Love the sound of this song,

"Skeletons dance

  They fuss and fight

  Bones are a shaken'

  In the pale moon light..."

Then there's the line,

"...Loosey, Goosey, Ghosties

    Dancin' in a row..."

A fun song to sing at Halloween.

Great to make up dances too as well.

Great moving and shaking song for kids and since the weather finds us at home and maybe a bit house bound? A bit of fun from one mom to the other.

AuthorAnn

Note from Author Ann.

I've written alot more than just this post. Please keep reading past this post as there are  2 new story paths and a political comment or two in honor of the conventions. Didn't want anyone to wonder if this post was all there is this week.

Keep looking.

To get there? Click>  ReWrite.

As for the coming week?

The Democrats have their convention in Denver, Colorado. While I missed the Olympics, I'm going to try and watch this.

The Republicans are next.

The LLS w CF is in reruns. Some I've seen and some I've not. I kind of miss this show. I know that this sounds weird from a complete stranger, but I really do hope that Mr. Ferguson is having a grand time with family on his vacation or maybe he's getting a fanny tuck. He did say something about that in one of his monologues.

Taloolah is somewhere in the aftermath of Faye. I hope that she and her family are alright.

And at this moment, I'm all of the seven dwarfs, well almost. While I am sleepy, I'm not Doc.

That's it. It's been raining and good weather to sleep. Don't have the windows open, but, I can hear the rain outside.

Like the pups snug in my bed.

More like late Fall than late summer.

Author Ann

Now then

Do you want to read another children's poem for grown ups too?

Click here > And now for a Tom Waites fan

Or is it straight to the new story paths?

Click here >   ReWrite.