Ruddoc Hana is an Old English song by J.R.R. Tolkien. It is a translation of the English nursery rhyme Who Killed Cock Robin?. It is published as the 10th song in Songs for the Philologists in 1936.
Poem excerpt
Ruddoc Hana
Hi grornodon, gnornodon,
sworelton þa sare;
ne æfter wine deadum næs
næfre wop mara.
'Hwa felde Ruddoc?' (bis)
'lc,' cwæð se spearewa,
'mid bogan and arewan,
wiþ felda buttoc.'
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