Music: Re: [Classic_Rock_Forever] Halloween for Grownups

Swamp Witch is a classic. I'm pretty sure it was on a K-Tel record that we had as kids. Spooky sounding song. I had no idea who Jim Stafford was at the time, especially that he was more of a comedian when it came to his song style.

Clint

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"Swamp Witch" - Jim Stafford

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The fact that the lyrics are spoken rather than sung makes for an especially eerie effect. This one gave me chills when I first heard it 30+ years ago. It still does.
Blackwater Hattie lived back in the swamp
where the strange green reptiles crawl.
Snakes hang thick from the cypress trees
like sausage on a smokehouse wall;
Where the swamp is alive with a thousand eyes
and all of 'em watchin' you;
Stay off the track of Hattie's shack
in the back of the Black Bayou.