FOR MORE THAN A DECADE ON HALLOWEEN,
A TALL LADY IN BLACK WOULD MAKE THE SCENE.

BENEATH THE TREE ON A CENTENARY AVENUE LAWN,
THOUSANDS GATHERED TO HEAR HER SPIN A YARN.

TALL BETSY RECITED TALL TALES AGAIN AND AGAIN,
WARNING ALL TRICK OR TREATERS TO "B N B 4 10."

IT WAS 1980 WHEN SHE FIRST APPEARED,
AND IN '89, OFFICIAL GOBLIN SHE WAS DECLARED.

1998 WAS THE YEAR SHE RETIRED FROM VIEW,
BUT HER LEGEND CONTINUES AND HER STORIES DO TOO.

NOW TALL BETSY SILHOUETTES IN HER HONOR ARE SEEN,
ON CENTENARY, ATOP CRAIGMILES AND AT THE VILLAGE GREEN. .                                                                -Sandra Rowland '02