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[00:00.85]There is an inn, a merry old inn
[00:04.29]beneath an old grey hill,
[00:09.13]And there they brew a beer so brown
[00:12.57]That the Man in the Moon himself came down
[00:17.31]one night to drink his fill.
[00:23.33]The ostler has a tipsy cat
[00:25.43]that plays a five-stringed fiddle;
[00:27.75]And up and down he runs his bow,
[00:30.06]Now squeaking high, now purring low,
[00:32.30]now sawing in the middle.
[00:38.07]The landlord keeps a little dog
[00:39.86]that is mighty fond of jokes;
[00:41.95]When there's good cheer among the guests,
[00:44.11]He cocks an ear at all the jests
[00:46.57]and laughs until he chokes.
[00:52.00]They also keep a horned cow
[00:54.26]as proud as any queen;
[00:56.38]But music turns her head like ale,
[00:58.53]And makes her wave her tufted tail
[01:00.85]and dance upon the green.
[01:17.92]And O! the rows of silver dishes
[01:20.11]and the store of silver spoons!
[01:22.17]For Sunday there's a special pair,
[01:24.59]And these they polish up with care
[01:26.70]on Saturday afternoons.
[01:32.30]The Man in the Moon was drinking deep,
[01:34.35]and the cat began to wail;
[01:36.36]A dish and a spoon on the table danced,
[01:38.88]The cow in the garden madly pranced,
[01:40.83]and the little dog chased his tail.
[01:47.30]The Man in the Moon took another mug,
[01:50.73]and then rolled beneath his chair;
[01:56.28]And there he dozed and dreamed of ale,
[02:00.80]Till in the sky the stars were pale,
[02:04.71]and dawn was in the air.
[02:10.88]Then the ostler said to his tipsy cat:
[02:12.89]'The white horses of the Moon,
[02:15.12]They neigh and champ their silver bits;
[02:17.38]But their master's been and drowned his wits,
[02:19.49]and the Sun will?be rising soon!'
[02:25.05]So the cat on his fiddle played hey-diddle-diddle,
[02:27.41]a jig that would wake the dead:
[02:29.47]He squeaked and sawed and quickened the tune,
[02:31.46]While the landlord shook the Man in the Moon:
[02:33.68]'It's after three!' he said.
[03:04.64]They rolled the Man slowly up the hill
[03:06.61]and bundled him into the Moon,
[03:08.66]While his horses galloped up in rear,
[03:10.87]And the cow came capering like a deer,
[03:13.12]and a dish ran up with the spoon.
[03:18.51]Now quicker the fiddle went deedle-dum-diddle;
[03:20.71]the dog began to roar,
[03:22.51]The cow and the horses stood on their heads;
[03:25.06]The guests all bounded from their beds
[03:27.08]and danced upon the floor.
[03:32.77]With a ping and a pong the fiddle-strings broke!
[03:34.99]the cow jumped over the Moon,
[03:36.69]And the little dog laughed to see such fun,
[03:38.86]And the Saturday dish went off at a run
[03:40.97]with the silver Sunday spoon.
[03:56.39]The round Moon rolled behind the hill
[04:00.29]as the Sun raised up her head.
[04:04.96]She hardly believed her fiery eyes;
[04:08.77]For though it was day, to her surprise
[04:13.29]they all went back to bed!