From Sarah:
If you listen to the recording of Bob McQuillen and Rodney Miller playing this, you can hear that they are really playing around with the timing, sometimes straight quarters and other times a mix of dotted quarters and 8ths. So take this transcription with a grain of salt and go season the tune in your own way, ideally a little bit different each time. ;)
Sarah wrote some lyrics to help us learn this tune by ear. They were very helpful for the twisty phrases, and very cute!
Elvira lives high in a dark haunted tower
Where goblins and ghosties and spirits do gather to
Dance and carouse and make merry at midnight
With she who has never been frightened.
Elvira is lovely, she is the perfect hostess
And oh she’s the bell of the ball (say they all)
And all the ghosts raise a glass to this fearless lass
To Elvira, the bravest of all!