The Cat and the Moon - The Lord of The Rings Musical

The Song "The Cat and The Moon" from The Lord Of The Rings (Original London Production).
Music by:
Composers - AR Rahman; Christopher Nightingale; Markku Lepisto, Antto Varilo, Susan Aho, Mari Kaasinen, Johanna Virtanen, Janne Lappalainen, Lassi Logrén from Värttinä
Lyricists - Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus
(additional call and response lyrics by Susan Aho, Mari Kassinen, Johannah Virtanen from Värttinä)
FOOTAGE FROM THE MUSICAL: • Lord of the Rings Musical

[@Accio_Eloise]

[FRODO] There's an inn of old renown Where they brew a beer so brown Moon came rolling down the hill One Hevnsday night to drink his fill [FRODO/MERRY] On a three-stringed fiddle there Played the Ostler's cat so fair The hornèd Cow that night was seen To dance a jig upon the green Called by the fiddle to the Middle of the muddle where the Cow with a caper sent the Small dog squealing Moon in a fuddle went to Huddle by the griddle but he Slipped in a puddle and the World went reeling Downsides went up- hey! Outsides went wide As the fiddle Played a twiddle And the Moon slept till Sterrenday Upsides went west- hey! Broadsides went boom With a twiddle on the fiddle In the middle by the griddle And the Moon slept till Sterrenday [FRODO] Dish from off the dresser pranced Found a spoon and gaily danced [PIPPIN] Horses neighed and champed their bits For the bloodshot Moon had lost his wits [MERRY] Well, cow jumped over, Dog barked wild Moon lay prone and sweetly smiled [SAM] Ostler cried, "Play faster, Cat! [ALL] Because we all want to dance like that." [FRODO/PIPPIN] Gambol and totter till you're Hotter than a hatter and you Spin all akimbo Like a windmill flailing Whirl with a clatter till you Scatter every cotter and the Strings start a-pinging as the World goes sailing [ALL HOBBITS] Downsides go up- hey! Outsides go wide You can clatter With your platter But the Moon slept till Sterrenday Upsides go west- hey! Broadsides go boom With a batter and a clatter You can shatter every platter But the Moon slept till Sterrenday Fi-fo-fiddle-diddle Fi-fo-fiddle-diddle Hey-yey-yey-yey-oh-ho Hey-yey-yey-yey-oh-ho Hey-hey-din-gen-do Hey-hey-din-geli-do Hoo-rye-and-hott-a-cott-a ho Hoo-rye-and-hott-a-cott-a ho ho Hott-a-cott-a-hotta-ko Hott-a-cott-a-ko-cott-a-ko-ho Fi-fo-fiddle-diddle-hi-ho Fi-fo-fiddle-diddle-hi-ho Ho fiddlee-ding-galli-do Ho fiddlee-ding-galli-do Hoo-rye-hoo-rye oops-oops- ay! Hoo-rye-hoo-rye oops-oops- ay! Hotta-cotta-hotta-cotta-mi-fo-fo Hotta-cotta-hotta-cotta-mi-fo-fo Hotta-cotta-hotta-cotta-hotta-cotta-hotta-cotta-hotta-cotta-hotta-cotta-mi-fo-fo! Downsides go up- hey! Outsides go wide With a twiddle on the fiddle In the middle by the griddle And the Moon slept till Sterrenday Upsides go west- hey! Broadsides go boom With a batter and a clatter You can shatter every platter But the Moon slept till Sterrenday

[@eamonclark4952]

I can imagine Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd singing and dancing along to this

[@MaggieCandy999]

Too bad the trilogy wasn’t a musical.

[@nathanmountney]

These LOTR stage tunes are incredible. Searched for Classic Irish Songs and got linked to these. Grinning? YES!

[@stevecreaton3453]

This is English but also Celts. The West of England and all of Wales are very similar and all are Celts. This is actually a West Country accent from Devon and Cornwall and not Ireland.

[@pigglewiggle175]

Irish? Aww...

[@philpants44]

we need to get a bunch of us together n learn all the lyrics then head to a pub n have a drunken singalong!

[@laurahommelsheim5207]

just tell me where and when ill join u ;D

[@floresgiselle]

I’m down.

[@harrisonmcarthur7816]

Hey I don't even drink but that sounds like fun!

[@philpants44]

@@laurahommelsheim5207 Green dragon in Wymondham lol.

[@philpants44]

@@harrisonmcarthur7816 Perfect time to start now the pubs are open again lol

[@Accio_Eloise]

Tis one to put a smile on your face this one :)

[@isabelahart9377]

Goodness I want to see what’s happening on stage so badly! It must of been such a thrill to watch this and the whole musical in general

[@THEAP1995]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/apemn6uvrs9nors Here's a clip of it performed onstage.

[@isabelahart9377]

@@THEAP1995 omg, thank you so much! was exactly how I thought it would be but better :D

[@THEAP1995]

@@isabelahart9377 no problem. I hope to see it live someday.

[@isabelahart9377]

@@THEAP1995 yeah it would be so epic if it ever came back so sad I only discovered it existed last week

[@Accio_Eloise]

It was absolutely incredible, my brother bought tickets for me and my dad when I was 15. Unfortunately it is considered the most expensive flop in West End history and stands very very little chance of a revival :(

[@RobertLanard]

It's such a pity they stopped the musical. The songs are awesome!

[@finalfantsynerd]

it didnt honner tolkin at all. respect the sorce matiral

[@DayDay80631]

It's coming to Chicago from mid July through September. Not sure if it's a different cast, but I saw an ad on Facebook and jumped right on it after checking out the soundtrack

[@RobertLanard]

@@DayDay80631 Wow, how cool! Enjoy!

[@RobertLanard]

@@finalfantsynerd It was never expected to. It honors the films. It is a stage production after all.

[@Martialartfruituser]

Lord of the rings musical, for when your DND session really needs some traveling/bard music and you want to sound special.

[@arealhuman826]

I followed a weird comment section and ended up here. Why have I never heard of these they're brilliant

[@Accio_Eloise]

I'm intrigued to know which comment section that was now! This musical was absolutely incredible. So gutted it will never come back.

[@elfiefromangelcity6142]

I made my brother listen to this, and he enjoyed it. But when they get to the "hotta-cotta" part, he said it sounded like they were saying "Hobbits on the, hobbits on the, hobbits on the microphone!" We've been singing it that way since...

[@Nyx40404]

I found this 11 years after it came out. Curse the algorithm

[@pottercrazy2248]

The 6 dislike must be Ringwraiths.

[@perhapsismpodcast]

The 6 of them that don’t like water

[@countduckula1485]

19 now

[@paladinheadquarters7776]

@@countduckula1485 22 now

[@koop-xcie7715]

That sweet time when we could talk about dislikes. It would be a lie to say I do not miss those days.

[@bree_nicole]

I keep coming back to this, I love this song so much!

[@satyavolu1]

So Underrated.

[@wolfprincess7]

I love this. The tune is so lively!

[@giacomorinaldi8803]

2:43 So, this is what the celestial choir of the Ainur sounds like

[@christopherpotter6650]

This is one amazing song in the Lord of the Rings musical! The Cat and the Moon, WOW!!!!! 🎻🐈🌙

[@AshCyriacSL]

I really like this song :D I wish I could see the Lord of the Rings Musical! The songs sound great!

[@ABookByAnyOtherName]

this made all my days

[@aliyahamane624]

Thanks for the music! ♥

[@koop-xcie7715]

Does somebody know a place where we can find the full instrumental of it ? It's just too catchy !

[@countduckula1485]

Still the best drinking song :)

[@Tydyd1]

Hey.. anyone know when Sterrenday hits? it ain't on my calendar.

[@codykin-claw5598]

I believe its after sunday.

[@theloneshadowwolf2315]

lol Lord of the Rings is my life

[@felendrilstuck1777]

It might be "Sterday" not shortened? Sterday stends for our Saturday. Anyone knows?

[@savannahsmith1041]

Saturday

[@Accio_Eloise]

@HorseGal1590 It was just amazing, really incredible! :D I'm kinda sad I can't see it again though, would be cool if they came back to London, I'd be THERE :DD They had Orcs walking around the audience during intermission :P ♥

[@kaitlynreynolds5192]

I wish this show would come to San Diego if it were still running. :(

[@AshCyriacSL]

@HisForeverr: That's so cool! Ahh man I bet the experience was great! I think I'm going to buy the soundtrack. :)

[@fatherlucid4995]

Is this the song they sing in the Prancing Pony? I ask because the lyrics seem different than the book. This is awesome though.

[@Accio_Eloise]

Yes it is :) its not the same lyrics as the book but strongly influenced by them 0 as you can probably tell :)

[@fatherlucid4995]

@@Accio_Eloise Ok I see. I wanted to make sure this wasn't a different song in the book. I'm reading Fellowship for the first time and I'm currently at A Knife In The Dark. Loving every bit of it so far.

[@LadyOfBroadway333]

I wanna see this really bad!

[@annieweasley3339]

Oh I wish to go one time to saw this

[@MismeretMonk]

Sterrenday? Funny, I am Dutch "Sterren" is Dutch for "Stars".

[@ABookByAnyOtherName]

indeed

[@TheDatadesigner]

can u get the sheet music for viola i cant find it on google

[@Accio_Eloise]

Unfortunately not. This musical has all but disappeared from existence bar a few clips and photos and the music from the CDs. The only way you'd get the sheet music is if a fan recreates it.

[@emskulblaka]

I'm not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, but I have the full piano & vocal score! Please let me know in case you're still interested in it

[@shannoncurry2037]

Anyone have a link or know where you can watch the whole production?

[@Accio_Eloise]

If only that were possible. The show was never fully recorded and the original website no longer exists. If you ever find the full show please let me know!

[@shannoncurry2037]

@@Accio_Eloise www.google.com/search?q=lord+of+the+rings+musical+full&oq=&aqs=chrome.0.35i39i362l5...5.-1j0j7&client=ms-android-att-us&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8# This is the best video I could find. The audio is in its entirety, mostly stills of the production and scattered videos here and there. This is the most complete video I could find.

[@Accio_Eloise]

@@shannoncurry2037 Unfortunately that's not a video of the entire show. it's a combination of snippets, blurry footage and photographs combined with the audio. But thank you! I'd love to see a professionally standard recording of the entire thing. but the only filming they did was for the trailer :(

[@DietCockroach]

Play faster cat~!

[@rene9adekni9ht97]

Because we all want to dance like that!~

[@jjblack4744]

me at school OK BOIZ THE TEACHER IS AT DESK *GOOGLES LOTR THE MUSICAL MUSIC* TEACHER JUST APPEAR RIGHT BEHIND ME FEWF SHE DIDN"T SEE ANYTHING teacher ask why i so suprised

[@stephenheinrik5294]

A'ight, I know one of y'all has the lyrics for this so kindly spill it 😂

[@Accio_Eloise]

I've put the lyrics in a comment and pinned it for you :) Good idea! I'll go through all of the LOTR videos now and add the lyrics in the comments.

[@Accio_Eloise]

@HorseGal1590 It was one of altime best experiences, just looking at videos of youtube puts a smile on my face because I remember how happy I was being there :) You should buy the soundtrack! As you've probably heard from my channel, it's a pretty good one :) ♥

[@bow_n_aro]

Just ignore this lol 2:43 3:18

[@theloneshadowwolf2315]

cant stop listening to it... and one person doesn't like this... they must be a stupid no taste "i only like popular music" people 😑 sorry if thats offensive to any of y'alls