The Drinking Song

By J R R Tolkien

Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go

To heal my heart and drown my woe.

Rain may fall and wind may blow,

And many miles be still to go

But under a tall tree I will lie,

And let the clouds go sailing by.

From chapter 4: A Short Cut to MushroomsThis is sung by the hobbits as the rest on their way to Buckland.Frodo propped his back against the tree-trunk, and closed his eyes. Sam and Pippin sat near, and they began to hum, and then to sing softly: