Lit’ and Lang’

Once there were two little groups,
Once there were two little groups,
Once there were two little groups,
Called Lit’ and Lang’.
Lit’ was lazy till she died,
Lit’ was lazy till she died,
Lit’ was lazy till she died,
Of homophemes.
‘I don’t like philology,’
Poor Lit’ said.
Psychotherapeutics failed,
And now she’s dead.

Doctors cut up all the corpse,
Doctors cut up all the corpse,
Doctors cut up all the corpse,
But searched in vain;
They couldn’t find it anywhere,
They couldn’t find it anywhere,
They couldn’t find it anywhere,
They couldn’t find the brain.
Did Lang’ go into mourning-weeds?
I don’t think!
He quickly wiped a tear away
And had another drink.

„Лит и Ланг”. В „Песни за филолози”. От Дж. Р. Р. Толкин, Е. В. Гордън и др. Лондон, частно издание на факултета по английски език и литература към университетския институт, 1936, IV, стр. 27.