“I'm a master of fright, / and a deeeemon of light, / and I'll scare you right out of your pants. / To a guy in Kentucky / I'm Mister Unlucky / And I'm know thoughout England and France, / And since I am dead, / I can take off my head / [does it] to recite Shakespearean quotations. / No animal or man [puts it back on] / Can SCREAM like I can / With the fury of my ree-cii-ta-tions.”
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