O! Where Are You Going?
O! What are you doing,And where are you going?Your ponies need shoeing!The River is flowing!O! Tra-la-la-lallyHere down in the valley!
O! What are you seeking,And where are you making?The faggots are reeking!The bannocks are baking!O! Tril-lil-lil-lollyThe valley is jollyHa ha!
O! Where are you going,With beards all a-wagging?No knowing, no knowingWhat brings Mister Baggins,And Balin and DwalinDown into the valleyIn JuneHa ha!
O! Will you be staying,Or will you be flying?Your ponies are straying!The daylight is dying!To fly would be folly,To stay would be jolly!And listen and harkTill the end of the darkTo our tune.Ha ha!
The dragon is withered,His bones are now crumbled!His armor is shivered,His splendour is humbled!Though sword shall be rustedAnd throne and crown perish,With strength that men trustedAnd wealth that they cherish,Here grass is still growing,And leaves are yet swinging!The white water is flowing,And elves are yet singing!Come! Tra-la-la-lally!Come back to the valley!
The stars are far brighterThan gems without measure,The moon is far whiterThan silver in treasure:The fire is more shiningOn hearth in the gloamingThan gold won by mining,So why so a-roaming?O! Tra-la-la-lally!Come back to the Valley!
O! Where are you going?So late in returning?The water is flowing!The stars are all burning!O! Whither so laden,So sad and so dreary?Here elf and elf-maidenNow welcome the weary!With tra-la-la-lallyCome back to the Valley,Tra-la-la-lallyFa-la-la-lallyHa ha!