Swing on a Star - Kara Dalkey

Chorus: Would you like to swing on a star Carry moonbeams home in a jar And be better off than you are? Or would you rather be a DWARF? A Dwarf is a character with long flowing beard There ain't nothing of which he's afeared He mines for mithril and he lives in caves About his gems and gold he simply raves So if you don't care for sitting on a wharf You might grow up to be a Dwarf. Chorus: ...Or would you rather be an ELF? An Elf is a character with long pointy ears He lives on forever, not just years He's tall and slender, he don't sleep at night He's gay and merry and his eyes are bright So if you don't care for sitting on a shelf You might grow up to be an Elf. Or would you rather be an ORC? An Orc is a monster with a big ugly face He hates almost every other race He lives in Mordor, serves an evil lord He's mean and nasty, 'specially when he's bored So if you don't care to use a knife or fork You might grow up to be an Orc. Or would you rather be an ENT? An Ent is a character that looks like a tree He's not quite the same as you and me He's rarely moving, though he's old and wise And always looking for the old Ent-wives So if you think you'd like standing in cement You might grow up to be an Ent. Or would you rather be a WIGHT? A Wight is a spirit haunting old graves and tombs He likes moonless nights and days of gloom He's cold and bony, a most gruesome ghost Who for live creatures makes a frightening host So if you like robbing barrows late at night You might grow up to be a Wight. Or would you rather be a TROLL? A Troll is a character with two ugly heads There ain't nothing that he fears or dreads He likes to hoard some gold or gnaw a bone And when he sees the sun he turns to stone So if you think eating humans might be droll You could grow up to be a Troll. Chorus: Or would you like to sting on a swar Carry junebeams home in a mar And be better off than a car You could be wetter than you are You could be swinging on a star!