Halloween + 

A tale we’ll tell of what hath been + 

When maids and youths kept Halloween, + 

It is a tale of old world lore + 

What happened in the days of yore, + 

When fairies danced upon the green + 

So merrily on Halloween, + 

And witches did play many a trick + 

Assisted by their auld friend Nick, + 

And lovers meet around the fire + 

Near to the one their hearts desire, + 

For to burn nuts for to discover + 

The truthfulness of their lover. + 

They first did give each nut a name, + 

This was Sandy, that was Jane. + 

If they did blaze side by side, + 

She knew her husband, he his bride, + 

But if one up the chimney flew, + 

One knew the other was not true. + 

And one sure test did never fail, + 

Blindfold to find good stock of kale, + 

To pull the first comes to the hand + 

With heavy roots of earth and sand, + 

For the very weight of mould + 

Does denote weight of lovers gold. + 

In tubs children love to splatter, + 

Ducking for apples in the water, + 

For such were the delights of yore, + 

Which soon will cease for evermore; + 

At Balmoral Castle Britain’s Queen + 

Oft’ celebrated Halloween, + 

But Highland landlords now do clear + 

Land of men to make room for deer, + 

But here upon Canadian soil + 

A man may own where he doth toil. + 