There is an Inn a merry old inn beneath an 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
The ostler has a tipsy cat that plays a five string fiddle
And up and down he runs his bow now squeaking high now purring low
Now sawing in the middle
The landlord keeps a little dog that is mighty fond of jokes
When there's good cheer among the guests he cocks an ear at all the
jests
And laughs until he chokes
They also keep a hornéd cow as proud and any queen
But music turns her head like ale and makes he wave her tufted tail
And dance upon the green
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 Saturday afternoons
The Man in the Moon was drinking deep and the cat began to wail
A dish and a spoon on the table danced the cow in the garden madly
prnaced
And the little dog chased his tail
The Man in the Moon took another mug and then rolled beneath his chair
And there he dozed and dreamed of ale till in the sky the stars were
pale
And dawn was in the air
Then the ostler said to his tipsy cat the white horses of the moon
They neigh and chanp their silver bits but their master's been and
drowned his wits
And the Sun'll be rising soon
So the cat on his fiddle played hay-diddle-diddle, a jig that would
wake the dead
He squeaked and he sawed and he quickened the tune while the landlord
shook the Man in the moon
"It's after three!" he said
They rolled the Man in the Moon slowly up the hill and bundled him into
the Moon
While his horses galloped up in the rear and the cow came capering
like a deer
And a dish ran up with the spoon
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
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
The round Moon rolled behind thehill as the Sun raised up her head
She hardly believed her fiery eyes for though it was day to her surprise
They all went back to bed
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The above is quoted from JRR Tolkien's "Lord of the Ring" trilogy Book
One "Fellowship of the Ring"
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For your listening pleasure the song Take My Breath Away