There was a Tomfool of a Took* 
Who in a Palantir did look 
But he got out okay 
Which is why to this day 
We still have Westmarch's Red Book. 
  
*OK, it doesn’t really rhyme…
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Don't know much about Gondor
And what I know I don't ponder.
Don't know much about Rohan
Why I don't I don't know, man.