Halloween Music - "Ghost of John (Bare Bones Version)" - Kristen Lawrence

[grace42970]

this song is very beautiful.

[taker1z]

Wouldn't it be chilly with no skin on?

No.

Because your skin has nerves that sense the cold.

I'm not hating, I'm just saying.

[WWETripleG]

this is now john marstons theme....

[lidsworth]

I grew up with this song.

[sfkar2004]

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!

[bencamp18]

@VorswellMusic Thank you. I wondered if your experience was similar to mine. Halloween has always been my favorite holiday but I always found my experience of it in the religion-choked Bible belt lacking. It was always preached against in the youth groups I attended as evil and Satan-invoking and I felt guilty for liking it. But my school music teacher would put on her LP with GOJ and I would get a little taste of what makes this season so great.

[bencamp18]

@VorswellMusic If you don't mind me asking, what inspired you to revamp this piece? Where did you first hear the original? Just curious.

[VorswellMusic]

@bencamp18 Hi there! Thank you for asking. Gorgeous old folk tune, isn't it? You can read all about my inspiration for my Halloween Carols, including "Ghost of John" being a catalyst, on my website under the "About Kristen" section.

Halloween Carols dot com

[SeriousImDead]

Have you seen the ghost of john?

long white bones and the skin all gone...

oooooooooooOOOoooo

wouldn't it be chilly with no skin on?

[silverlover4life]

My classes sang this in elementary school for Halloween every year :P

[MusicbyViol]

Love your added verses.

[verylittleknowledge]

used to let my imagination go wild with this song as a kid. didn't know there were other verses...progressively weirder verses...

[ssppeellll]

@verylittleknowledge If you click on the "Show more" button under the video, you can see notes that say, "Kristen Lawrence writes four new verses". So apparently there were no other verses (that I know of, anyway) until KL wrote them. On the other hand, I believe the tune is actually from an older song called, I think, "Rose" or "Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose". The lyrics start out, "Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose--Shall I ever see thee wed?"

[verylittleknowledge]

@ssppeellll Thanks!

[crazy1199en]

can someone please send me the lyrics!!!! PPPPLLLLEEEAAASSSSEEE!

[VorswellMusic]

@crazy1199en Lyrics for all my songs can be found on my website:

Halloween Carols dot com

"Ghost of John" only has one traditional verse, so I wrote four more verses.

[crazy1199en]

@VorswellMusic thank you! :)

[crazy1199en]

@VorswellMusic how do i SEE the lyrics i found the song but how do i see the lyrics?

[VorswellMusic]

@crazy1199en Click on the tab right under the album artwork that says, "Lyrics". It will then display all the lyrics for all the songs on that album.

[dumpjunkie]

@VorswellMusic its really pretty. i like the extra verses on it alot more than just hearing the same thing over and over and over

[dumpjunkie]

@VorswellMusic its really pretty. i like the extra verses on it alot more than just hearing the same thing over and over and over...from dumpjunkie's wife

[bsauerteig]

@crazy1199en lyrics are have you seen the ghost of jhon long black coat with the skin all gone ohhohhohoho wouldn't it be chilly with no skin on hope it helps

[ssppeellll]

@bsauerteig I learned it as "long white bones" rather than "long black coat". Sounds like she is singing the version I know. But I'm sure there are lots of versions out there.

[NpM211]

@crazy1199en Have You Seen The Ghost Of John?

With all skin gone ooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooo woudnt be chilly with no skin on?

[aZngUrl515]

omg we used to sing this before halloween all the time. gosh.

why don't high schools sing songs?!

[LuckyDiceProductions]

this brings back so many memories in 5th grade remember singing this wow its been a while

[DJkalez415]

I remember singing this in elementry school. :)

[MsAwesomeHasArrived]

Haha I remember singing this song in elementary school all during the month of October.  By far my favorite song that year!!

[dustermouse]

this music is haunting, I Love it!

[hipsterxqueen]

waldorf.

[SycamoreHill14]

We used to sing this every year in school. A shorter version though. Halloween ftw!!

[MademoiselleAnna]

Dude! I ony knew the first part from my mother singing it to us as kids.

[jamaicanable1]

this song made me feel a little sleepy, it's unusually calming

[Alibicat]

Oh man, three little 6th grade girls in my school came up to me and sang this song so well I nearly peed, either from the creepiness or how well of a job they did.

[Peacefullyexisting]

my music teacher made us sing this in like 5th grade.

[TigerLilacs17]

I grew up up north, and we all learned this in elementary school. Move down south - no one has even heard of the myth 0_0 nevermind the song

[72aggiequeen]

@TigerLilacs17 What is the myth of Ghost of John? I just know the song.

[electrocuteanna]

@TigerLilacs17 I live in the south, and we sing this song in choir.

[zarkhator123456789]

in the forth grade we had to sing this in music all week

[lalipop554]

Great job singing! Great voice! Beautiful!

[illmatic826]

I sang this in elementary school

[joemoe23]

@illmatic826 Yeah so did I. It was creepy then and it still is today. Strangely this song always reminded me of the beatles "Do you want to know a secret?"

[marshallc591]

i agreee



[Styxhexenhammer666]

Basically the goth theme song lol

[werewolf1986]

I remember I was in like 4th grade when we sung this song. Thank goodness we had a good singing group of kids XD We were really good.

[ImperialHyper]

am i the only one who just heard of this song?

[ni99erboy]

OMG !! I LOVE THIS SONG "WOULDENT IT BE CHILLLY WITH NO SKIN ON "!!

[K3LLYRI0T]

i did this song in my theater class,

its amazing. 

[Randomgoddess2]

We learned a Shorter version of this "Have you seen the ghost of John?"

"Long white bones,with the skin all gooooone"

"Ohhhhhhhooooohooohhhoooo"

Wouldnt it be Chilly with no skin on?" But we sang it in a 4 part Canon

[wolfluv899]

wow. this is pretty awesome. and scary. 0_0

[simplystatic]

this is so fucking creepy! why the hell did they make us sing it in kindergarten?

[yolanda8604]

this song use to scare the hell outta me when i was 4 or 5

[TrumpetLoverTori]

@yolanda8604 lolz

[PatrickRsGhost]

I remember this song from Kindergarten, but I think we only learned the first verse.

[aleahmtaylor]

Not how I remember it. Maybe a little editing done here.

[SnuggKimball]

OMG, you freekin' rock.

I learned this song in elementary school and it's such a classic song...but you made it sound how I heard it as a child. :)

[muffincourt]

Her voice is perfect.

[moonlitshadow27]

"smile that's fixed in a rigid way ooh wouldn't frowning be hard when lips decay" o_O woah. i learned a slightly different version from the one below. long white bones with the skin all gone

[HersheyKisses999]

creepy yet beautiful

[crystalmoon116]

MY version my school taught me: Have you seen the Ghost of John? Long white bones, with the rest all gone. OOOOOooOOOOooooO! Wouldn't it be chilly with no skin on?

[MsSunlight99]

@crystalmoon116 my school taught us have you seen the ghost of john

long white bones with skin all goneOOOOOOOOOOOooooOOOOOOO

wouldn't it be chilly with no skin on

[girlsrock4evr]

@MsSunlight99 sammeee

[karensarah123]

@MsSunlight99 Same here! :P

[mattmalin11]

I'm using this is my movie

[n0happy7]

this is good in the dark with candles with a group

[BrightCydes]

is it me or does this song pump me up o-o

[allisonjoycewilliam1]

scarey!!!

[MsSunlight99]

i learn dis in the 4th now im in the 5th

[delu5i0n]

@MsSunlight99 what was the name of the book that they gave yall im trying to find it .

[PrikoChan]

Things I learned in elementary school ;D

[gothtigger92]

These lyrics are how I learned it. And when I heard his song in "The Dollhouse Murders" it scared the crap out of me

[dev1on]

OMFG is there any place to find the original

[Rustyshackleford08]

@dev1on

I can't find it either.

[ria1umbrella]

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­o :]

[mizzdiva901]

lol i cant believe this is on yt! i remember being scared to go to sleep at night after my grade school music teaches played this in class! memories!

[Cambouflage]

I've heard of Ghost of Tom not John O_O

[neondarknecrophere]

@Cambouflage I had to sing this shit in chorus in elementary school lol

[delu5i0n]

@neondarknecrophere do you remember the name of the book or something ?

[neondarknecrophere]

@delu5i0n Nope xD

[MsSunlight99]

@Cambouflage what r u crazy ghost of john is coolevery across the earth should know that song

[westcoaststandup]

she is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawsomez

[Molldelos]

Un très joli souvenir de musique !

merci.

[johnnahodil]

i think its not coincidental....im john...and the songs called ghost of john.....i like it!...beautiful sound

[MakingTheMuffins]

lol XD they made us sing this song in elementary school i always sing this song now and i'm in highschool now

[Swedishlachick]

this is how we sang it in choir

have you seen the ghost of tom

long white bones with the flesh all gone

oooooooooooooooooooo

wouldnt it be chilly with no skin on

but we sang it in three parts it was cool :)

[sadlobster1]

I sang this song years ago in grade school, but this one has different lyrics. I still love it though; the singing, the organ music and the words are all beautifully done

[Hipetyhop12]

@sadlobster1

lol dude same with me..but it was only like 4 years ago..I'm in 8th right now(:.

[Cocoeiyo]

we sing this song for chorus, except the lyrics are diffrent, "Have you seen the ghost of john? Long white bones with the skin all goonne Ooohh Ooohh, wouldnt it be chilly with no skin on?" :]

[Pookizzle]

@Cocoeiyo Same here! i go to renton. And we only sing that ONE part

[imperthean]

Gorgeous.

[MetalZoa1800]

this song freaked the shit out of me when i heard it in school when i was like 6 or 7 years old. lol

[barepro1]

RRRRRRRRRRR Matee Barebones is good

[TheBobmarleyman100]

have you seen the ghost of john

long white bones with his skin all gone

this is how my brother sung it at school.

[rotaryfox]

This is freaking amazing.

[zsimute]

i remember have u seen the ghost of john long wite bones wit da flesh all goone ooo wouldnt it b chilly with no skin on

[celenamorris]

im usin my sis comp and im 10 and i sing this song at school for chorus im a BOY!

[ninjiagirl3]

this is one of the rounds at school i sing in choir

[coolgirl537]

i cant really tell the lyrics but the lyrics i know is "Have u seen the ghost of John?long white bones with the skin all gone..Oo,Oo wouldnt it be chilly with no skin on..no skin on..no skin on" and we fade out..we r doin it tomarrow for some Fading Mob thingy

[abesmilkyway]

this makes me so so sad

[corsola711]

i just sang it today

[TheJigglyWigglyShow]

this sounds really cool, especially with the organ haha :o)

[kissingaeriall]

Aahaha, childhood flashback!

[dazzmin]

i haven't sang this since the 2nd grade

[littlenaz11]

this a very good song i love this song i cant get out of my head

[SuperAmp18]

Lovely!

[nathstevens]

Another fabulous song from the talented Ms Lawrence.

[caliworld989]

we sang this in choir for fun

[hannahrocks5052]

us too!

[AnimeWolf1916]

I'm so obsessed with this song right now. I heard it once and i know it will never leave me.

Amazing. Simply amazing. I'm speechless <3

[PenguinsNWolves]

Beautiful and eerie- great new take on a classic song.

[Lazurath101]

I think this would make a great suspense song for a horror film.

[shuri]

Have you heard of the Ghost of John? Long, white bones and the rest all gone! Oooooooh! Wouldnt it be chilly with no skin on? John belongs in a quaint nightmare. Wobbly jaw and a hollow glare! Oooooooh! Wouldnt things look murky through sockets bare? John is gone from feet to skull. Pointy elbows and clavicle! Oooooooh! Wouldnt it be harsh to hug Johns fossil?

[shuri]

Johns not sad; he has had his day.

Smile thats fixed in a rigid way!

Oooooooh!

Wouldnt frowning be hard when lips decay?

John once said, Ive lost my head!

Empty thoughts top his spine instead.

Oooooooh!

Isnt it the truth now that he is dead?

[cplwoodsusmc]

The very best version I've been able to come across. God bless John and the decades 'twixt him and I...

[elvisgirl101]

we sang this in 4th grade

[BriarsAndBones]

Only one word can possibly describe this: epic.

[Lazaro5000]

@BriarsAndBones

A horribly overused word.