I went into a haunted house 
right on the edge of town 
it looked just like a ruin 
it was really tumbledown

I walked up to the door 
that was swinging to and fro 
it dangled on its hinges 
and gave out an eerie glow 
I pushed the swinging door 
to see what lay inside 
it seemed to move quite easily 
and soon it opened wide 

Then when I let go of the door 
it started to lurch and sway 
but I carried on regardless 
even though it fell away
I forced myself to go inside 
into the waiting gloom 
by pushing myself forward 
into the pitch black room 
When I had gone into the room 
I didn't make a sound 
I just crept about in silence 
and I took a look around 
Then I noticed that I was hindered 
by being in the dark 
so I tried to light a match 
but I couldn't get a spark 
Whenever I picked a match up 
a gust of wind would blow 
but where the blowing came from
I just did not know 
The wind had seemed to come 
from down a passage way
it only blew when I lit a match 
though why, I couldn't say 
I walked along the passage way 
to where there was no light 
but I had only gone a few steps 
when I had such a fright 

Something moved ahead of me 
I'm quite sure of that fact 
but when it jumped in front of me 
then I knew I had to act 

I launched my body sideways 
to get out of the way 
but that only made me dizzy 
and filled me with dismay 
When I bounded to the side 
I hadn't any cares 
but I soon perceived my folly 
when I hurtled down some stairs 
When I landed at the bottom 
I felt a complete fool 
and standing there above me
was a really frightening ghoul 
This ghostly apparition 
that floated in mid-air 
it filled me with foreboding 
and it gave me quite a scare 
My eyes popped out of their sockets 
and my hair, it stood on end 
when this spectre looked towards me 
then started to descend 

It came right close up to me 
and it made me want to scream
it was then that I detected 
that it had all been just a dream 
I realized it hadn't happened 
the way that I had thought 
and I was very grateful 
that my dream had been so short
I was happy when I woke up
for I was scared no more 
I had realized that I had fallen 
and hit my head upon the door 
When I had pushed the door 
that was so really old 
it had fallen off its hinges 
and had knocked me out stone cold!