Ceruill - What do you do with a Fool? - Imladris

Ceruill jumps up and pulls out his harp and starts immediately to pick a blazingly fast song.

Hi!

What do you do with a hobbit fool?
Do you feed him well, and make him drool?
Do you leave him out in peaceful hole?
Or d'ye send him out to fight a troll?

Hee!

What do you do with a drunk old fool?
Do you tie him up and make him eat gruel?
Do you do his hair with frilly bow?
Or d'ye send him to sleep till he snores low?

Ceruill keeps picking the song, faster and faster....

Oh!

What do you do with a sad old fool?
Do you send him home in tears so cruel?
D'ye make quick jokes at his expense?
Or d'ye give him his old recompense?

Ceruill keeps playing and the song is blazingly fast now. His finger fly across the strings with impressive facility.

Hey!

What do you do with a silly fool?
Do you teach him ev'ry serious rule?
Do you kick him out there in the cold?
Or d'ye give him sword and make him bold?

Ceruill sings high and free, the song playing loud and fast, a look of joy playing across his face as he sings....Suddenly the song becomes quiet and he sings almost in a whisper after the 'Ho!' It is, however, no less fast.

Ho!

What do you do with a loving fool?
Do you take his love or treat him cool?
Do you give him flowers sweet of scent?
Or d'ye break his heart, make him relent?

Ceruill resumes playing loudly, and the song is a happy dance, leaping out with awesome alacrity. He plays one whole verse without singing, before resuming the song in his full voice.

What do you do with this here fool?
Do you let me sing here from my stool?
Do you take me gently by the hand?
Or d'ye send me far from my home land?

Ceruill strums out the tune and goes through a verse again without words. He ends with a flourish and a "Hey!"