I’d swear a monster lived in the hall Of the house when I was young, Just like the tiger under the bed I could see when they were gone, For I could hear him climbing the stair When the house was fast asleep, I knew he roamed around and about When the stairs began to creak.
And then he’d enter my bedroom and He’d re-arrange my toys, That’s how I knew he disliked me, he Kept all his tricks for boys. He never bothered my sister, or Disturbed her dolls and things, Her bedroom was like a sanctuary For her necklaces and rings.
He’d hide in all of the daylight hours So he’d not be seen by them, The others, who would make fun of me When I warned them all again: ‘You wait, he’s going to take you out He will catch you unawares, You won’t be able to scream or shout When he comes, and climbs the stairs.’
The winter months were both damp and cold And the woodwork creaked and groaned, It shrunk and stretched, it was getting old And it hid the monster’s moans. So I hid down by the bannister And I tied a string across, To trip him when he would climb the stairs, I would teach the monster loss!
A storm was raging outside that night And the wind howled through the trees, The back door opened and flapped a lot And let in a winter breeze, I heard my father run down the stairs And an awful cry and crash, Then silence settled and fed my fears Where the bannister was smashed.
I thought the monster was gone for good With the service come and gone, I thought he couldn’t survive that crash And the crematorium, But barely a week had passed us by And the stairs began to creak, So I placed a candle under the stair And the place burned for a week.