If I could speak in Elvish

I would stump all my friends

Saying things in a tongue

That they could not understand.

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I could tell my darkest secrets

And they still would be unknown.

I could say my greatest wishes

In a language all my own.

But, alas, I don’t speak Elvish,

And I can tell you why.

There are no Elves here to tell me

If I’m saying the words right.

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Some words are inside Tolkien’s books,

like mellon, that’s for friend;

But I can’t use just those few words

to convey what I wish to send!

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If only there were Elves

that lived upon the earth.

Then I could learn their language,

I’d learn for all I’m worth!

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I would go and seek them out,

Wherever they might be.

I would get to know the Elves,

and get them to teach me!

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How do Elves pronounce H?

Do they have a letter Z?

If only I could go find out;

If I could go and see!

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Oh, the language of the Elves!

How strange, yet fair it seems!

I tell you, I can speak it,

But only in my dreams.