Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins

...THE BALLAD OF BILBO BAGGINS... by Leonard Nimoy

*from 'The Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy' (1968)*

Intro:

Verse 1:

In the middle of the earth, in the land of The Shire;

Lives a brave little Hobbit, whom we all admire.

With his long wooden pipe, fuzzy, woolly toes,

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He lives in a Hobbit-hole and everybody knows him;

Chorus 1:

Bilbo! (Bilbo!) Bilbo Baggins; he's only three feet tall.

Bilbo! (Bilbo!) Bilbo Baggins; the bravest little Hobbit of them all.

Interlude:

Verse 2:

Now, Hobbits are peace-lovin' folks, you know,

They don't like to hurry, and they take things slow.

They don't like to travel a-way from home;

They just want to eat, and be left alone.

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Verse 3:

But one day, Bilbo was asked to go,

On a big adventure to the caves below.

To help some Dwarves get back their gold,

That was stolen by a dragon in the days of old.

Chorus 2:

Bilbo! (Bilbo!) Bilbo Baggins; he's only three feet tall.

Bilbo! (Bilbo!) Bilbo Baggins; the bravest little Hobbit of them all.

Break:

Well, he fought with the Goblins, he battled a troll,

He riddled with Gollum; a magic ring he stole.

He was chased by wolves, lost in the forest,

Es-caped in a barrel, from the Elf-King's Halls.

Chorus 3:

Bilbo! (Bilbo!) Bilbo Baggins; the bravest little Hobbit of them all.

Solo:

Verse 4:

Now he's back in his hole, in the land of The Shire;

That brave little Hobbit, whom we all admire.

Just a-sittin' on a treasure of silver and gold;

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A-puffin' on his pipe, in his Hobbit Hole.

Chorus 4:

Bilbo! (Bilbo!) Bilbo Baggins; he's only three feet tall.

Bilbo! (Bilbo!) Bilbo Baggins; the bravest little Hobbit of them all.

(Repeat to Fade)

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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)