Frodo's Inn Song
"There is an Inn, A Merry old in,
Beneath the old grey hill.
And there they brew a Beer so brown,
That the Man in the Moon, himself came down,
One night to drink his fill.
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The Ostler has a tipsy cat,
Who plays a five-stringed fiddle.
Up and down he runs his bow,
Now sawing up, now sawing low,
Now sawing in the Middle.
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The Landlord keeps a little dog,
who's awfully fond of Jokes.
When there's good cheer among the guests,
He cocks an Ear at all the Jests,
and Laughs until he chokes.
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He also keeps a horned cow,
as proud as any Queen.
But music turns her head like ale,
and makes her wave her tuffed tail.
and dance upon the green.
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And O!the rows of silver dishes,
and the store of silver spoons.
For Sunday, there's a special pair,
and these they polish up with care.
On Sunday afternoon.
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The Man in the Moon was drinking deep
and the cat began to wail,
A dish and the Spoon on the table danced,
and the cow in the garden madly pranced.
And the little dog chased his tail.
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The Man in the Moon took another mug,
and rolled beneath his chair.
And there he dozed and dreamed of ale,
Till, the stars in the sky were pale;
and Dwan was in the Air.
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Then the Ostler said to his tipsy cat,
"The white horses of the moon,
They neigh and champ their silver bits,
But their masters been and drowned his wits,
And the sun'l be rising soon!"
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So the cat, on his fiddle, played "Hey diddle-diddle",
A tune that would wake the dead,
He squeaked and sawed and quickened the tune,
While the landlord shook the mon in the moon
"It's after three!" he said.
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They rolled the man, slowly up he hill,
and bundled him into the Moon.
While his horses galloped up in rear,
And the cow came capering like a deer,
and a dish, ran up with the spoon.
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Now quicker the fiddle, went Deedle-dum-Diddle,
the dog began to Roar,
The cow and the horses, stood on their heads,
The guests all bounded from their beds,
and Danced upon the floor.
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With a ping and a pong, 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.
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The Round moon rolled behind the hill,
as the Sun raised up his head,
She hardly, beleived her firey eyes;
For though it was day, to her suprise,
They all went back to bed!
