Modern World references in Middle-Earth

[Alcerin]

Hey! What about the song?

For a moment Frodo stood gaping. Then in desperation he began a ridiculous song that Bilbo had been rather fond of (and indeed rather proud of, for he had made up the words himself). It was about an inn; and that is probably why it came into Frodo's mind just then. Here it is in full. Only a few words of it are now,as a rule, remembered.

Man that is so cool!

I wish I could post the whole thing,but it's so long...
but you might recognise these characters:

The ostler has a tipsy cat
that plays a five-stringed fiddle...

The landlord keeps a little dog
that is mighty fond of jokes....

They also keep a horned cow
as proud as any queen...

And O! the rows of silver dishes
and the store of silver spoons...

So the cat on his fiddle played hey-diddle-diddle...


With a ping and a pang the fiddle strings broke!
the cow jumped over the moon,
And the little dog laughed to see such fun,
And the saturday dish went off at a run
with the silver sunday spoon.

Tee Hee Hee

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[ November 02, 2002: Message edited by: Alcerin ]