Bilbo's Nursery Rhyme for Merry and Pippin
This is a nursery rhyme which Bilbo wrote especially for Merry and Pippin and first appeared in Moria's Revenge: The highlighted words are the ones that Pippin learned to join in with and would shout out when he was a baby.
"Little Pippin and Merry Have hippity hobbity feet, Little fat, round tummies, And never enough to eat. Their ears are sharp and pointy, On their heads they've curly hair, Turned up noses, turned down toeses And they come as a pair!
Little Pippin and Merry Went to catch a fish, But all they had to put it in Was a big pie dish. They lifted up the pie crust and laid the fish upon it, But with a shout, the fish jumped out, With a piecrust bonnet!
Little Pippin and Merry Went to the summer fair, But all they had to ride upon Was a pony mare. They saddled up the pony With the Thain's best shirt She gave a prance and began to dance, In her pretty pony skirt!
Little Pippin and Merry Went to buy a bun But when they counted out their pence All they had was none. They smiled nicely at the baker And said "Good Morning," twice He said "Good Day, now go away," Which was very good advice.
Little Pippin and Merry Tried to sing this song, But when they jumbled up the words, The song came out all wrong. The sounds all tasted funny, And the rhymes all smelled of cheese, They couldn't recall, the tune at all, And then it made them sneeze!
Atishoo! Atishoo! Ah-Tish-Shooo!
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