The owls were hooting and cats meowed...

With a creak the barn doors open wide.

Scarecrow held up his lantern and cried

This is our night of Jokes and Jitters!

Tonight’s the night to pretend ourselves silly...

Pigs can be pirates and hogs can be frilly!

The washboard started thumping loud.

The owls were hooting and cats meowed.

Bessie the cow got dressed in a gown

with fancy buttons up and down.

Tonight’s the night to rouse this farm!

Out in the field where the cornstubble grew

stood poor old Scarecrow, hanging forlorn 

with his shirt all tattered and trousers torn.

With lantern lit, he scrambled for the barn

sayin’, "Tonight’s the night to rouse this farm!"