Night, night, dark, dark. Not make a light, not a spark.
Woes, threads of woes, they make threads of our toes.
In the night bad things, flapping wings, chittering wings,
Chattering wings, the misty night air brings, bad things,
Wings, in the dark, bad wings, bad, drove, drove little Billy mad.
Bobby dead, Johnny dead, Tommy dead, and Mikey dead.
Mannie dead, Lenny dead, many dead, none ahead.
Hungry, eat, hungry, eat. Find a tasty tasty treat.
Can't go fishing in the river, wings of night make Billy shiver.
Picking berry, picking bug, egg and bird, worm and slug.
Mushroom eat and eat the meat, Bobby's meat and Johnny's meat.
Tommy's meat and Mikey's meat, Mannie's, Lenny's, Benny's meat.
Ginny's, Larry's, Terry's meat, lady with umbrella's meat,
Mister with a crowbar's meat, lady in the pink shorts meat,
Peter's meat and Mary's meat, Suzan's meat and Sandy's meat.
Save Patrick's meat, and save Lawrence's. For special occurrences.
Where can little Billy hide? What hiding place is Billy sized?