This Is Halloween – English Lyrics

• By: VoicePlay
• Album: VOICEPLAY VILLAINS

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the eerie world of Halloween Town with VoicePlay's captivating a cappella rendition of "This Is Halloween." This song offers a fun way to learn about vocal harmonies and creative musical arrangements, all while immersing yourself in the spooky spirit of the holiday. Discover how VoicePlay transforms a beloved film classic into a thrilling vocal performance.

[English]

Boys and girls of every age

Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

Come with us and you will see

This, our town of Halloween

This is Halloween, this is Halloween

Pumpkins scream in the dead of night

This is Halloween, everybody make a scene

Trick or treat 'til the neighbors die of fright

It's our town, everybody scream

In this town of Halloween

I am the one hiding under your bed

Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red

I am the one hiding under your stairs

Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair

This is Halloween, this is Halloween

Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

In this town we call home

Everyone hail to the pumpkin song

In this town, don't we love it now?

Everyone's waiting for the next surprise

Round that corner, man hiding in the trash can

Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll

Scream! This is Halloween

Red 'n' black, slimy green

Aren't you scared?

Well, that's just fine

Say it once, say it twice

Take a chance and roll the dice

Ride with the moon in the dead of night

Everybody scream, everybody scream

Well, well, well, what have we here?

I am the clown with the tear-away face

Here in a flash and gone without a trace

I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?"

I am the wind blowing through your hair

I am the shadow on the moon at night

Filling your dreams to the brim with fright

This is Halloween, this is Halloween

Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

Tender lumplings everywhere

Life's no fun without a good scare

That's our job, but we're not mean

In our town of Halloween

In this town

Don't we love it now?

Everyone's waiting for the next surprise

Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back

And scream like a banshee

Make you jump out of your skin

This is Halloween, everybody scream

Won't ya please make way for a very special guy?

Our man jack is King of the Pumpkin patch

Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now

This is Halloween, this is Halloween

Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

In this town we call home

Everyone hail to the pumpkin song

La la la la-la

La la la la-la

La la la la-la la la-la la

Woo!

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
scream /skriːm/ A2	verb - to utter a loud, piercing cry noun - a loud, piercing cry
die /daɪ/ A1	verb - to stop living
fright /fraɪt/ B1	noun - a sudden feeling of fear
hide /haɪd/ A2	verb - to put something or someone out of sight
glowing /ˈɡloʊɪŋ/ B2	adjective - emitting light
red /red/ A1	adjective - of a color like blood
snakes /sneɪks/ A2	noun - long, limbless reptiles
spiders /ˈspaɪdər/ A2	noun - eight-legged arachnids that spin webs
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives
surprise /sərˈpraɪz/ B1	noun - an unexpected event or piece of information
trash /træʃ/ B1	noun - waste material
pounce /paʊns/ B2	verb - to spring or swoop suddenly so as to catch prey
scared /skerd/ A2	adjective - afraid; frightened
moon /muːn/ A1	noun - the natural satellite of the earth
tear /tɪər/ B1	noun - a drop of clear salty liquid secreted from glands in the eye
shadow /ˈʃædoʊ/ B1	noun - a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between light and a surface
dreams /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep
fun /fʌn/ A1	noun - enjoyment, amusement, or lighthearted pleasure
catch /kætʃ/ A2	verb - to intercept and hold (something thrown, propelled, or falling)

Key Grammar Structures

• Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

  ➔ Conditional sentence type 1 (rhetorical question)

  ➔ Uses "wouldn't you like" to express a polite invitation or a rhetorical question, implying the speaker believes the listener *would* like to see something strange. It's a softened way of saying, "Do you want to see something strange?"

• Trick or treat 'til the neighbors die of fright

  ➔ Contraction "'til" (until)

  ➔ "'til" is a shortened, informal version of "until". It is used to indicate the duration of the trick-or-treating activity: it will continue *until* the neighbors are scared to death.

• I am the one hiding under your bed

  ➔ Present simple tense with descriptive adjective clause (implied relative pronoun)

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple ("am") to describe a characteristic. The implied relative pronoun is "who" (I am the one *who is* hiding under your bed). It describes a characteristic of "the one".

• In this town we call home

  ➔ Relative Clause with omitted relative pronoun/adverb

  ➔ The complete clause would be "In this town *that* we call home" or "In this town *which* we call home" or "In this town *where* we live as home". The relative pronoun/adverb (that/which/where) is often omitted, especially in informal contexts.

• Everyone's waiting for the next surprise

  ➔ Present continuous tense for future arrangement/expectation

  ➔ While the present continuous usually describes actions happening now, it can also express future arrangements or expectations. The context implies an anticipation of a surprise, suggesting a planned or highly probable event in the near future.

• Well, well, well, what have we here?

  ➔ Inversion (Interrogative word order in a statement)

  ➔ The phrase "what have we here?" is normally used as a question, but in this context, it's more of an exclamation or statement of surprise or curiosity. The inverted structure (auxiliary verb + subject) mimics a question, but the intonation and context signal a statement.

• I am the “who” when you call, “Who’s there?”

  ➔ Nominal Relative Clause (using “who” as a noun)

  ➔ Here, "who" functions as a noun representing the person being asked about. It isn't just a pronoun introducing a relative clause; it *is* the noun itself. The sentence could be rephrased as: "I am the person represented by 'who' when you call, 'Who's there?'"

• Life's no fun without a good scare

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of 'is')

  ➔ "Life's" is a contraction of "life is". The full sentence would be "Life is no fun without a good scare". This is a common feature in spoken language and informal writing.