In January Cousin Fred
We found him in the attic dead
In February's odd adventure
Father lost his dentures
In March Fiona had a fright
When coming home alone one night
Some men in a long black car
Made her get in and drove her far

In April Horace left behind
What little thought, what little mind
He may have had. In the result
He joined an unknown eastern cult
Tattooed his ears, pierced his nose
Glides around on henna-ed toes
His relatives are unforgiving
Assert he's no longer living
The Hipdeep family

In May Aunt Flo began to sneeze
Which heralded some strange disease
In June Jeffrey got himself arrested
He's still far and wide detested
In July Mama's pin-money dwindled
Away to nought when she was swindled
In August Bruno had a fit
A passing tot he went and bit
The Hipdeep family
In September we were sad to lose
Miss Grey while on a cruise
She happened to fall overboard
Into Norway's deepest fjord
In October Alice was betrothed
To Edgard whom she found she loathed
His behavior ever since
Has been enough to make her wince

In November it was rather frightning
When Baby Boo was struck by lightning
The experts think perhaps he'll walk
And even sort of learn to talk
And in December Amy's luck was rotten
While singing 'Die Frau and Schatten'
Without warning lost her voice
A twist of fate, had no choice
The Hipdeep family

So much for us, we hope that you
Have managed somehow to get through
The year and so can celebrate
A bit before the hands of fate
Shall get us in its grip again
But we anticipate our Gorey end