Professor left them in the hall
They all claimed they weren't scared at all.
Streaming through the back wall without a noise,
Scaring the first-year girls and boys:

Ho, ho, ho! Who's our ghost?
Ho, ho, ho! Who's our ghost?
Zooms down the hallway, swift and slick
Floats through the wall -- it's Nearly Headless Nick!

Guess who got zapped by a basilisk?
Who would have thought he was at risk?
Sir Patrick D. wouldn't let him play,
Put a damper on Nick's big day.

Ho, ho, ho! Who's our ghost?
Ho, ho, ho! Who's our ghost?
Zooms down the hallway, swift and slick
Floats through the wall -- it's Nearly Headless Nick!

Drifting so suavely through the air
Can you tell he's neither here nor there?
Now he's avoiding Harry P.
Doesn't want to discuss that Mystery.

Ho, ho, ho! Who's our ghost?
Ho, ho, ho! Who's our ghost?
Zooms down the hallway, swift and slick
Floats through the wall -- it's Nearly Headless Nick!