marc gunn - the smial or the tree lyrics
oh, my father was a halfling, from hobbiton was he
my mother was an elfmaid, and in mirkwood dwelleth she
they met once, only briefly, under an old oak tree
it was a worthy venture: nine months later there came me
oh, i feel so strange and mixed up, i hardly know myself
for my father was a hobbit and my mother was an elf
too tall to hide inside a log, too short to climb a tree
dear dad was only 3 foot 6 while mom was 6 foot 3
i’ve bright blue eyes and long blond hair, so how do you suppose
i ended up with curly braids a growin’ from my toes
raised in thranduil’s castle, the forest was my homе
but always over hill and dale i felt inclinеd to roam
every evening mum and i through the woods did stroll
’til one night just like dad, i went a+rollin’ down the hole
one day upon his doorstep i per+chanced to be
and when i rang the doorbell, he invited me to tea
we began to get acquainted as he showed me ’round the place
“so, how’s your mum?” he asked of me, a sly grin on his face
now as the heir apparent to all their worldly goods
i’ve half a hillside in the shire and acreage in the woods
they took a ship to valinor and sailed across the sea
and left me on my own to choose the smial or the tree
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