"[Music playing]" "[Bing Crosby crooning]" "[Music playing]" "if you recall... was the country schoolmaster... dreamed up by Washington Irving." "he had a way with a yarn did Mr Irving." "If we could but journey back... to that remote period in American history... when the city of Manhattan was but a market town... we would discover in the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the shores of the Hudson... the little village of Tarrytown... and just beyond... nestled deep in the low rolling hills... a sequestered glen." "and yet somehow... foreboding... for it abounds in haunted spots... and local superstitions." "however... concerns a certain itinerant schoolmaster... who once frequented these parts." "some say his melancholy spirit... still haunts the vicinity." "The worthy pedagogue was described... as a most unusual man." "To see him striding along... one might well mistake him for some scarecrow... eloped from a cornfield." "He was tall and exceedingly lank." "His head was small and flat on top... with a long snipe nose... so that it looked like a weathercock... perched upon his spindle neck." "he was such an apparition... as is seldom to be seen in broad daylight." "It was late one drowsy autumn afternoon... when this strange figure first approached... the tranquil little village of Sleepy Hollow." "As usual there had foregathered... at Ye Olde Schnooker and Schnapps Shoppe... a group of rustic lads known as the Sleepy Hollow Boys." "BROM:" "Yah-hooo!" "[Barking] one Brom Bones... roistering blade... always ready for a fight or a frolic." "[Neigh]" "Ooh!" "[Laughing]" "And though Brom was much given to madcap pranks... and practical jokes... there was no malice in his mischief." "with his waggish humour and prodigious strength..." "Brom Bones was quite the hero of all the country'round." "[Laughing]" "[Neighing]" "[Clink]" "[Coughs] Odds bodkins!" "Gadzooks! [Barking]" "[Neighs]" "# Who's that comin' down the street?" "# or are they feet?" "#" "# Lean and lanky #" "# Skin and bones #" "# With clothes a scarecrow would hate to own #" "# Yet he has a certain air #" "# Debonair and devil may care #" "#It's the new schoolmaster #" "# What's his name?" "#" "#Ichabod #" "#Ichabod Crane #" "#Ichabod #" "# What a name #" "# Kind of odd #" "# But nice just the same # funny frame #" "Ichabod Crane #" "#Ichabod may be quaint #" "# May be odd and maybe he ain't # there's no complaint #" "Ichabod Crane #" "# Ooh ooh ooh ooh #" "And though the arriva of the pedagogue... gave rise to mixed emotions... the townspeople all agreed they'd never seen anyone..." "Ichabod Crane #" "The schoolroom became Ichabod's empire... over which with lordly dignity... he held absolute sway." "Ichabod was a conscientious man... and ever bore in mind the golden maxim " ""Spare the rod and spoil the child."" "he was careful to administer justice... with discrimination." "For it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils... especially if their mothers happened to be good cooks." "[Humming]" "# Who's the town's ladies' man ?" "#" "# Gets around like nobody can #" "# Has to be none other than #" "Ichabod Crane # it may be seen... that the pedagogue got on tolerably enough." "Ichabod found diverse ways... to increase his slender income... and at the same time... awaken the cultural interests of the sleepy little village." "awaken the cultural interests of the sleepy little village." "WOMEN: # Ahh #" "# Ooh ooh ooh #" "# Bum bum buh buh buh buh #" "# Ooh boo boo boo boo-boo boo-boo #" "# Ooh ooh ooh #" "# Bum bum bum-bum-bum-bum #" "# Bum bum bum bum bum #" "Ahhh..." "# Ooh ooh ooh #" "# Bum buh-buh-buh-buh boo boo boo #" "# Bum bub-bee buh-buh-buh-ooh #" "# Buh-buh-buh-buh ooh #" "# Bum bee-yum bum bum #" "# Bum bum bum -- #" "[Aroo]" "Ah..." "Ahhh!" "[Plop]" "# Mi mi #" "# Mi mi mi mi mi mi #" "It was inevitable that such a man as Ichabod... would become an object of ridicule... to Brom Bones and his gang." "these were small matters." "the schoolmaster possessed... a remarkable equanimity... which remained quite undisturbed... until that fateful day... when his path was crossed by a woman... a certain woman..." "Katrina Van Tassel... daughter and only child of old Baltus Van Tassel... the richest farmer in the county." "She was a blooming lass... plump as a partridge... melting... and rosy-cheeked." "# Ooh ooh ooh ooh #" "# Ahh-ahh ahh-ahh ahh-ahh ahh-ahh ahh #" "# Ahh #" "# Once you have met that little coquette #" "# Katrina #" "# You won't forget Katrina #" "# But nobody yet has ever upset #" "# Katrina #" "# That cute coquette Katrina #" "# You can do more #" "# With Margaret or Helena #" "# Or Ann or Angelina #" "# But Katrina will kiss and run # a romance is fun #" "# With always another one to start #" "# And yet when you've met that little coquette #" "# Katrina #" "# You've lost your heart #" "[Crunching]" "[Shouting]" "there was no doubt the fair Katrina... was the richest prize in the countryside... being an ambitious man... at once began to fill his mind with many sugared thoughts... and hopeful suppositions." "my love... who can resist your grace... your charm... and who can resist your father's farm?" "[Whistling] [Clinking] ho ho ho ho # Ha ha ha! Dear Katrina... Papa!" "the old goat can't take it with him... Poor little rich girl. # And yet when you've met that little coquette #" "# Katrina #" "Ah-choo!" "# You've lost your heart # every porta to Katrina's heart... was jealously guarded by a host of rustic admirers." "but Ichabod was confident... he'd soon ride roughshod over these simple country bumpkins." "however... the schoolmaster failed to reckon with." "That was the redoubtable Brom Bones himself." "the ease with which Brom cleared the field of rivals... both piqued and provoked the fair Katrina... and she often wished that some champion would appear... and for once take the field openly... against the boisterous Brom." "[Horse neighs]" "[Ping]" "And though a wiser man would've shrunk from the competition... is blind... and Ichabod was aware only that Dame Fortune... was at last thundering at his door." "Unh!" "It's true that Brom liked a joke as well as the next... but enough was too much." "[Crash]" "[Honk]" "[Boom]" "[Kiss kiss]" "[Kissing]" "[Kissing]" "It's time to carry the issue to open warfare." "he'd double that schoolmaster up... and lay him on a shelf in his own schoolhouse." "was easier said than done." "KATRINA:" "Yoo-hoo!" "[Ichabod whistling]" "[Splash]" "[Whistling] this was Ichabod's lucky day." "It was evident the schoolmaster... was indeed a man of hidden talents... a rival to be reckoned with." "wars are neither won nor lost... with the first encounter." "The high -flying pedagogue might be brought to earth... for Brom Bones was never a man to cry quits." "It was upon the occasion... of her father's annual Halloween frolic... that Katrina again chose to stir the embers... of the smouldering rivalry." "Thus one invitation in particular... carried a most persona and provocative summons." "# Dum dum do-do-do #" "# Dum do do do-do-do #" "# Dum dum dum do-do-do # de-do #" "The worthy schoolmaster was in a transport of joy." "this could mean but one thing." "What is this strange power you have over women? # Hmm hmm hmm hmm #" "# Hmm-hmm-hmm hmm-hmm #" "Just turn on the old charm... # Ba-doom bum bum #" "[Whistling]" "So gally bedecked and nobly mounted upon a horse... he had borrowed for the occasion..." "Ichabod issued forth like a knight errant of old... to keep a tryst with his lady fair." "[Whistling]" "In all the countryside... there was nothing to equal a merrymaking... at Mynheer Van Tassel' s farm." "here was a perfect field for his endeavours." "would he put his best foot forward... for beyond all his other talents... the schoolmaster prided himself upon his dancing." "already bested at every turn... saw himself once more outmatched." "For as he watched the posturing pedagogue... he was forced to admit that here... here was a flawless picture of ease and grace." "[Giggling]" "[Giggling]" "[Giggling]" "[Giggling]" "Yoo-hoo!" "There was no doubt that Ichabod was the man of the hour." "Brom knew that he must concede his riva." "still another victory." "there was still a chance his time would come... for when the hour grew late..." "Van Tassel always called upon his guests... to tell him ghostly tales of Halloween." "And Brom knew there was no more firm believer... in spooks and goblins than Ichabod Crane." "and I'll elucidate... 'Long about midnight the ghosts and banshees... There's things with horns and saucer eyes... It's a frightful sight... WOMAN:" "Aah!" "# When the spooks have a midnight jamboree #" "# They break it up with fiendish glee # but the one that's cursed # and he's the worst #" "# That's right #" "# He's a fright on Halloween night #" "# When he goes a-joggin' 'cross the land #" "# Holdin' his noggin in his hand #" "# Demons take one look and groan #" "# And they hit the road for parts unknown # he rides alone #" "# And there's no spook like a spook that's spurned # and he's really burnt #" "# He swears to the longest day he's dead #" "# He'll show them that he can get a head #" "# They say he's tired #" "# Of his flaming' top #" "# He's got a yen to make a swap #" "# So he rides one night each year #" "# To find a head in the Hollow here # he likes'em big #" "# Parted in the middle or a wig #" "# Black or white or even red #" "# The Headless Horseman needs a head #" "# With a hip hip and a clippity clop #" "# He's out lookin' for a top to chop #" "# So don't stop to figure out a plan #" "# You can't reason with a headless man # if you doubt this tale is so... I didn't stop for a second look... my friends... his power ends #" "# So when you're ridin' home tonight #" "# Make for the bridge with all your might #" "# He'll be down in the Hollow there #" "# He needs your head # Look out!" "Beware!" "# With a hip hip and a clippity clop #" "# He's out lookin' for a head to swap #" "# So don't try to figure out a plan #" "# You can't reason with a headless man #" "It was the very witching hour of night... when Ichabod pursued his travel home." "The sky grew darker and darker... as one-by-one the stars winked out their lights... and driving clouds obscured the moon from sight." "Never had the schoolmaster felt so melancholy... so utterly alone." "And the nearer he approached the Hollow... the more dismal he became." "[Whistling]" "[Wind blows]" "[Bird screeching]" "Once inside the murky glen..." "Ichabod's anxiety increased one hundredfold." "For now the forest seemed to close in behind him... and every small detail of Brom's awful story... returned to haunt his recollection." "[Whistling]" "[Howling]" "[Howling]" "Aah!" "Ichabod!" "Ichabod!" "Ichabod!" "Ichabod!" "Ichabod!" "Ichabod..." "[Owl hooting]" "[Frogs croaking]" "Headless Horseman." "Headless Horseman." "[Echoing] Headless Horseman." "[Whistling eerily]" "BIRD:" "Here he comes!" "[Forest animals echoing]" "Aah!" "Beware!" "Beware!" "Beware!" "Beware!" "Beware!" "[Hoof beats]" "[Howling]" "[Nervous giggle]" "Ha ha ha ha!" "[Conk conk conk]" "Ha ha ha ha ha!" "[Laughing]" "Yah!" "Ha ha ha ha" "Yah!" "Ha ha ha ha" "[Neigh]" "Aah!" "Ha ha ha!" "[Conk]" "[Neighing]" "Yah!" "Ha ha ha ha" "Yah!" "Ha ha ha ha" "my friends... the ghost is through." "His power ends." "Yah!" "Ha ha ha ha" "Gulp!" "Yaah!" "Ichabod's hat was found... and close beside it... a shattered pumpkin... but there was no trace of the schoolmaster." "[Bell ringing]" "It was shortly thereafter that Brom Bones... led the fair Katrina to the altar." "rumours persisted that Ichabod was still alive-- married to a wealthy widow in a distant county." "But of course the good Dutch settlers... refuse to believe such nonsense." "For they knew the schoolmaster... had been spirited away by the Headless Horseman." "Yah!" "Ha ha ha ha" "# With a hip hip and a clippity clop #" "# He's out lookin' for a head to swap #" "# So don't try to figure out a plan #" "# You can't reason with a headless man #" "I'm getting outta here!" "[Music playing]"