HOUSE IS HAUNTED, THE
Basil G Adlam (m) Billy Rose (l)  1934

as rec by Gracie Fields  1969

also rec by-
Jane Froman '34
Paul Whiteman & his Orch '34
Marc Almond
Don Neilson
Val Rosing
Kay Starr
David Vanian & The Phantom Chords


The house is haunted
By the echo of your last goodbye.

Summer breezes blow tonight,
Lights are soft and low tonight,
And to think that we're apart!
Knowing you rfuse to love
Someone that you used to love,
There's a chill within my heart.

I hate to be alone when evening falls,
I'm so afraid of these empty halls, doors and walls!

The house is haunted
By the echo of your last goodbye.
The house is haunted
By the memories that refuse to die.

I can't get away from a vision that brings
Intimate glimpses of intimate things;
A voice in my heart like the torch singer sings,
"I wonder who's kissing him now!".

The house is haunted
By the echo of your favourite song.
The place is cluttered up
With roses that have lived too long, much too long!

The ceiling is white but the shadows are black,
A ghost in my heart says, "He'll never come back!".

The house is haunted
By the echo of your last goodbye!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - June 2011)