17. Longbottom Leaf (I Chose Bilbo)
Author’s note:
Sung by Gandalf, based on the Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown).”
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I once had a pipe, or should I say, it once had me
It fit in my pack, isn’t it sweet, Longbottom Leaf?
I picked up the pipe in the Shire one day all unaware
Of how it would damage my lungs and leave smells in my hair
I sat in an inn, watching them all, smoking a bowl
They discussed their quest, worried but keen, who’d make fourteen?
They asked if I knew of a burglar to help them – he’d have to be daft
I told them I did if a Hobbit would be good enough
And so they agreed, and as you know, I chose Bilbo
He also smokes weed, isn’t it sweet, Longbottom Leaf.
Sung by Gandalf, based on the Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown).”
*******
I once had a pipe, or should I say, it once had me
It fit in my pack, isn’t it sweet, Longbottom Leaf?
I picked up the pipe in the Shire one day all unaware
Of how it would damage my lungs and leave smells in my hair
I sat in an inn, watching them all, smoking a bowl
They discussed their quest, worried but keen, who’d make fourteen?
They asked if I knew of a burglar to help them – he’d have to be daft
I told them I did if a Hobbit would be good enough
And so they agreed, and as you know, I chose Bilbo
He also smokes weed, isn’t it sweet, Longbottom Leaf.
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