The worms crawl in.....
dur...@hurontel.on.ca
A friend of mine used to sing this song about what happens to when you die
and it as a macabre kind of thing about "When you die, they take you away,
they wrap you up in a big white sheet, they bury you down six feet deep,
etc. The chorus went something like this, The worms crawl in, The worms
crawl out, They crawl in thin and they crawl out stout." I like to find
the rest of that tune if I could. Thanks, Tom.
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Andrew Stewart
I only know the chorus, or at least part of it. The
Pogues do it at the end of one of their albums.
"The worms crawl in and the worms crawl out,
the ones that go in are lean and slim,
the ones that go out are fat and stout,
your eyes fall in and your teeth fall out,
your brains go tumbling down your snout..
Be merry my friend be merry."
I'd be interested in knowing the rest myself and also who
wrote it.
--
Andrew Stewart
Hobo Union
Jeff and Angela
I was flipping through channels the other day and I swear they were
singing this song on Beverly Hills 90210. It was obviously a rerun from
around Halloween.
ang.
Joe Offer
dur...@hurontel.on.ca wrote in article <8564104...@dejanews.com>...
> A friend of mine used to sing this song about what happens to when you
die
> and it as a macabre kind of thing about "When you die, they take you
away,
> they wrap you up in a big white sheet, they bury you down six feet deep,
> etc. The chorus went something like this, The worms crawl in, The worms
> crawl out, They crawl in thin and they crawl out stout." I like to find
> the rest of that tune if I could. Thanks, Tom.
>
good chance you'll find it there.
http://www.deltablues.com/dbsearch.html
Another good place to look for silly songs like this is "A Prairie Home
Companion Folk Song Book," also known as "Joe's Got a Head Like a Ping Pong
Ball," by Jon & Marcia Pankake.
-Joe-
THE WORMS CRAWL IN
If you should see a hearse go by
You'll know that you are the next to die
They wrap you up in a big white sheet
And bury you down about six feet deep
It all goes well for about a week
And then the coffin begins to leak
The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out
The mice* play pinochle on your snout
One little worm that isn't so shy
Craws in your ear and out your eye
Your eyes they turn a gushy green
Your stomach turns to whipped ice-cream
You spread it all on a piece of bread
And that's what you eat when you're dead.
KNVB
On Sat, 22 Feb 1997 02:06:28 -0800, "Joe Offer" <Joe-...@msn.com>
wrote:
:dur...@hurontel.on.ca wrote in article <8564104...@dejanews.com>...
:
This is the way I always heard it:
DON'T LAUGH
Oh don't you laugh when a hearse goes by,
Or you will be the next to die,
They wrap you up in a big white sheet,
And throw you under six feet deep,
You feel alright for a couple of weeks,
And then your coffin starts to leak,
The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out,
The worms play pinochle on your snout,
They eat your eyes, they eat your nose,
They eat the jelly between your toes,
So, don't you laugh when a hearse goes by,
Or you will be the next to die,
They wrap you up in a big white sheet,
And throw you under six feet deep . . .
(Ad nauseum)
E. Prosser
Here are the lyrics as I remember them...
Don't you ever laugh as the hearse goes by
for you may be the next to die
they wrap you in a big white sheet
from your head down to your feet
they stick you in a big black box
and cover you up with dirt and rocks
All goes well for about a week
and then your coffin begins to stink...
THe worms crawl in, the worms crawl out
the worms play pinochole on your snout
They eat your eyes, they eat your nose
they eat the jelly between your toes
a big green worm with rolling eyes
crawls in your stomach and out your eyes
Your stomach turns a slimy green and pus pours out like whipping cream
You spread it on a slice of bread
and that's what you eat when you are dead.
I believe it is printed in a book by the name of "Scary Stories to tell
in the Dark"
My memory may be cloudy since my parents forbade me to sing the song...=)
Erin Prosser
<vi...@u.washington.edu>
Sadyra
I've always heard it as:
The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out..the worms play pinuckle
(spelling?) on your snout...
barbara Petty
"Sadyra" <sad...@geocities.com> wrote:
part goes like this............
they bury you deep
in a deep dark hole
they leave you there
to decay and mold
the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out
MercyNatl
If you see a hearse go by
You that you are doomed to die
The ants crawl in
The ants crawl out
They play pinochle on your snout
Rich
I just saw a .mid (midi) version of this at http://www.dailywav.com
No lyrics, of course, but the midi based tune is there.
Rich
In article <5h48bn$j...@camel0.mindspring.com>,
Jared -A
Well, I remember the version as:
The worms crawl in,
The worms crawl out,
They eat your guts and they
spit them out.
barbara Petty <bwp...@mindspring.com> wrote in article
<5h48bn$j...@camel0.mindspring.com>...
Hillary Brown
The version I heard:
The worms crawl in,
The worms crawl out,
The worms play pinochle in your snout,
They eat your guts,
and spit them out,
and then they use them for sauerkraut.
Tirya
As I recall it:
Did you ever see a hearse go by
And thing that someday you'll prob'ly die?
They put you in a little box
And cover you up with dirt and rocks
The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out
The worms play pinochle on your snout
Your guts they turn a slimy green
And then they come out like whipping cream
Hillary Brown (hbr...@midway.uchicago.edu) said...
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AlCrafter
The version I heard was:
Did you ever see a hearse go by
It makes you think you're next to die
They wrap you up in a big white sheet
And drop you down about six feet deep
And the worms crawl in,
the worms crawl out
the worms play pinochle in your snout
You're stomach turns a slimy green
And pus pours out like whipping cream
John O. Wall
In article <hbrown-3103...@hummac13.uchicago.edu>,
hbr...@midway.uchicago.edu (Hillary Brown) wrote:
>The version I heard:
>
>The worms crawl in,
>The worms crawl out,
>The worms play pinochle in your snout,
>They eat your guts,
>and spit them out,
>and then they use them for sauerkraut.
And one little worm
who is awfully shy
crawls in your ear
and out your eye
jsm...@industrynet.net
On Sat, 05 Apr 1997 22:09:09 GMT, John O. Wall <jow...@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
Here's the first verse as I remember it:
Oh when you see a hearse(??) fo by
you know you're certainly going to die
they put you in a big black box
and cover you over with dirt and rocks
and all goes well for a week or two
until you turn a slimy green
and puss comes out like whipping cream
Ohh--- the worms crawl in, etc.
Jim Smith
Steve & M.E. Cooper
In article <334afb6b...@news.industrynet.net>,
jsm...@industrynet.net wrote:
It definitely isn't "Good Morning, Starshine."