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The Basement
Spiders, snakes, bats, and rats
Too the basement we must go
For that’s where the candies at
Spiders, snakes, bats, and rats
Now that were on our way
There’s no turning back
Spiders, snakes, bats, and rats
All four like to bite kids
That’s a natural fact
Spiders, snakes, bats, and rats
Stick close together
And they will not attack
Spiders, snakes, bats, and rats
Err,… excuse me!,
But there’s something crawling in your hair
WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?
An incantation I recite when I accompany my two nieces, 6 & 8 to the basement. They're almost as scared to venture there, as I am.
Too the basement we must go
For that’s where the candies at
Spiders, snakes, bats, and rats
Now that were on our way
There’s no turning back
Spiders, snakes, bats, and rats
All four like to bite kids
That’s a natural fact
Spiders, snakes, bats, and rats
Stick close together
And they will not attack
Spiders, snakes, bats, and rats
Err,… excuse me!,
But there’s something crawling in your hair
WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?
An incantation I recite when I accompany my two nieces, 6 & 8 to the basement. They're almost as scared to venture there, as I am.
Published 24th Sep 2017
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24th Sep 2017 2:24pm
24th Nov 2018 12:40pm
Thanks poet. This is a little incantation I made up a couple of years ago for my two nieces; then 5 and 7.
I live in a old brownstone where I operated a old steam boiler. The girls were terrified when accompanying me to check on the boiler. So, we'd recite this ditty as we march lockstep in line.
Of course, I had a stash of candy bites in the boiler room to reward them for their bravery.
I live in a old brownstone where I operated a old steam boiler. The girls were terrified when accompanying me to check on the boiler. So, we'd recite this ditty as we march lockstep in line.
Of course, I had a stash of candy bites in the boiler room to reward them for their bravery.
