The Tiger Lillies - ABC Lyrics

A is for Arsenic someone thought funTo include in the icing on top of a bunB is for bats that swoop out of the airAnd squeaking inaudibly catch in one's hairC is for cord of a moderate lengthTo hang oneself with it requires no great strengthD,E,F,G,H,I,JK is for Kris with a blade that is wavyOne wonders why somebody smeared it with gravyL's for a letter that lay in a trunkIts contents explain how the dinghy was sunkM is for madhouse where is confinedA lady whose friends say she's out of her mindN,O,PQ is for quilt wrapped around a dead torsoA sick-making sight could scarcely be more soR is for Ray's wicked inventionDissolves at a distance the parts you don't mentionS is for suicide so it would seemBut then who was it uttered that unfinished screamT,U,V,W,XY is for yonder where someone is lyingWhich proves, seen close, to be somebody dyingZ is for zero, the hour of doomIt will strike any minute but no-one knows to whom