And they set up shop in Celebannon town,
A trading settlement of lesser renown
For the shipping trade on the River Running -
And as the news spread their customers came running.

But others too came to visit that town,
Ill-bred fellows whose only renown
Was efficiency at robbing strangers
And spying at times for the Eye in Mordor.

And one of them was a handsome knave,
Swarthy and flashy, not known to be brave,
But handy with swords, and given to bragging,
Who noticed that Clip drove a very fine wagon.