Clap! Snap! The black crack!

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Clap! Snap! The black crack! is a song found within the chapter "Over Hill and Under Hill" of The Hobbit. It is sung by the goblins as they descend into Goblin-town.

Text

Clap! Snap! the black crack!
Grip, grab! Pinch, nab!
And down down to Goblin-town
    You go, my lad!

Clash, crash! Crush, smash!
Hammer and tongs! Knocker and gongs!
Pound, pound, far underground!
     Ho, ho! my lad!

Swish, smack! Whip crack!
Batter and beat! Yammer and bleat!
Work, work! Nor dare to shirk,
While Goblins quaff, and Goblins laugh,
Round and round far underground
     Below, my lad!

history

it is unclear when it was writen or who exactly wrote the song but prehaps the song was as old as Goblin-town itself all we know is that it is sung by goblins.

See also

• Poems in The Hobbit