(©music by Maury Laws, lyrics adapted by Jules Bass 1977)</p>

Heave ho! Splash plump!<br>
rolling down the hole!<br>
Heave ho! Bang bump!<br>
roll-roll-rolling down the hole!</p>

Down the swift dark stream you go<br>
Back to lands you once did know!<br>
Where the forest wide and dim<br>
Stoops in shadow grey and grim!</p>

Heave ho! Splash plump!<br>
rolling down the hole!<br>
Heave ho! Bang bump!<br>
roll-roll-rolling down the hole!</p>

Down the swift dark stream you go<br>
Back to lands you once did know!<br>
Float beyond the world of trees<br>
Out into the whispering breeze</p>

Heave ho! Splash plump!<br>
rolling down the hole!<br>
Heave ho! Bang bump!<br>
roll-roll-roll<br>
roll-roll-roll<br>
roll</p>

<b><u>Comments</b></u><br>
Condensed, rearranged and slightly altered from Tolkien's verse.</p>

<b><u>Other Versions</b></u><br>
The Hobbit Piano Solo with words (1977) [Rankin/Bass Productions] (sheet music arranged by Mark Nevin)</p>