English to ASL Gloss:
Nightmare before Christmas This is Halloween
Boys and girls of every age
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Boys Girls No Matter Age
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
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Strange you like see (raised eyebrows)
Come with us and you will see
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You join you see
This, our town of Halloween
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Town this our Halloween
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
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Halloween this Halloween this
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
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Midnight Pumpkins scream
This is Halloween, everybody make a scene
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This Halloween This Halloween
Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright
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Bag carry Knock Knock; Neighbors die why, because scared
It's our town, everybody scream
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Town scream
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In this town of Halloween
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Town this Halloween
I am the one hiding under your bed
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Bed your me hide
Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red
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Claw (hands open and shut like animal); eyes red shiny
I am the one hiding under your stairs
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Stairs your me hide
Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair
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Snakes spiders crawl
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
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Halloween this, Halloween this
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
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Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
In this town we call home
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Town label home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
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Pumpkin song bow
In this town, don't we love it now?
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Town love (raised eyebrows)
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise
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Surprise soon patient, patient
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Round that corner, man hiding in the trash can
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Man Trash there hide
Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll...
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Notice? I come towards jump on you
Scream! This is Halloween
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Halloween this Scream
Red 'n' black, slimy green
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Red Black Green Greasy
Aren't you scared?
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Scared (eyebrows up)
Well, that's just fine
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No matter/Whatever Fine
Say it once, say it twice
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One time 2 time finish
Take a chance and roll the dice
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Chance Chance Dice Roll
Ride with the moon in the dead of night
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Midnight Moon with
Everybody scream, everbody scream
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Scream
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In our town of Halloween!
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Town this Halloween
I am the clown with the tear-away face
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Clown me Face Rip off
Here in a flash and gone without a trace
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Poof go where?
I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?"
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Who? (furrowed eyebrows) Me there
I am the wind blowing through your hair
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Wind thru hair
I am the shadow on the moon at night
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Moon Shadow
Filling your dreams to the brim with fright
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Dreams dwell fright!
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
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Halloween this, Halloween this
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
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Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
Halloween! Halloween!
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Halloween! Halloween!
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Tender lumplings everywhere
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Children sweet
Life's no fun without a good scare
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Fun not without Scare
That's our job, but we're not mean
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Mean not (shake head)
In our town of Halloween
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Town this Halloween
In this town
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Town this
Don't we love it now?
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Town love? (raised eyebrows)
Everyone's waiting for the next surprise
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Surprise soon patient, patient
Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back
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Bones Man Jack you catch
And scream like a banshee
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You Scream; ghost similar
Make you jump out of your skin
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You scared
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This is Halloween, everybody scream
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Halloween this scream
Wont' ya please make way for a very special guy
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Man come push push
Our man jack is King of the Pumpkin patch
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Man special who? King Pumpkin name Jack
Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now
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King Pumpkin bow
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
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Halloween this, Halloween this
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
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Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween
In this town we call home
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Town this label home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
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Pumpkin song bow
La la-la la, Halloween! Halloween! [Repeat]
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La La La La Halloween, Halloween
WHEE!!! Ha Ha Ha!
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WHEE Laugh!
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