I Sat Upon a Bench

I Sat Upon a Bench is a song written by J.R.R. Tolkien, to be sung to the tune of The Carrion Crow. It is published as the 19th song in Songs for the Philologists in 1936.

Poem excerpt

I Sat Upon a Bench

I sat upon a bench and I up and I sang:
    "Fol de rol de rol de rol de rol de-rido!"
I sat upon a bench and I up and I sang:
    "The beer's a-going round, let the world go hang!
        Ha! ho! Flow beer, flow!
Fol de rol de rol de rol de rol de-rido!"

The bench began to heave, the table did a dance,
    "Fol de rol de rol de rol de rol de-rido!"
The bench began to heave, the table did a dance,
    The barrels and the bottles all about began to prance.
        "Ha! ho! Woa, lads, woa!
Fol de rol de rol de rol de rol de-rido!"