"The Little Man Who Wasn't There" - In time for Halloween, or an election.

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
1939
Tex Beneke - Vocal
Audio from CD source, the original 78rpm was issued on Bluebird B-10358 - The Little Man Who Wasn’t There (Harold Adamson-Bernard Hanighen) by Glenn Miller & his Orchestra, vocal by Tex Beneke with Glenn Miller, recorded in NYC July 12, 1939 .
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"Antigonish"

is a poem by the American educator and poet, William Hughes Mearns, written in 1899. It is also known as "The Little Man Who Wasn't There" and was adapted as a hit song under the latter title.

Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there!
He wasn't there again today,
I wish, I wish he'd go away!

When I came home last night at three,
The man was waiting there for me
But when I looked around the hall,
I couldn't see him there at all!
Go away, go away, don't you come back any more!
Go away, go away, and please don't slam the door...

Last night I saw upon the stair,
A little man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
Oh, how I wish he'd go away....