In a house up on a rock along the countryside At precisely twelve o'clock the spooks begin to rise Swingin' at the seance, twelve ticks Swingin' at the seance, hot licks With the medium in trance How that horn began to dance Swingin' at the seance, five men Swingin' at the seance, jive men When the trumpet blasted out All the spooks began to shout That music came through so sweetly low-down Yet nobody knew who was riff-riff-riffin' around Swingin' at the seance, black coats Swingin' at the seance, blue notes While the trumpet could have won a cup Its jivin' broke the seance up And who do you think was a-riffin' away? No one else but Gabriel