Make Some Cheer. For All to Hear.

I'm reading Lord of the Rings (the first book) by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Passage from the text:
“Hey! Come merry dol! derry dol! My darling!
Light goes the weather-wind and the feathered starling.
Down along under Hill, shining in the sunlight,
Waiting on the doorstep for the cold starlight,
There my pretty lady is, River-Woman’s daughter,
Slender as the willow-wand, clearer than the water.
Old Tom Bombadil water-lilies bringing
Comes hopping home again. Can you hear him singing?
Hey! Come merry dol! derry dol! and merry-o,
Goldberry, Goldberry, merry, yellow berry-o!
Poor old Willow-man, you tuck your roots away!
Tom’s in a hurry now. Evening will follow day.
Tom’s going home again water-lilies bringing.
Hey! Come derry dol! Can you hear me singing?”

Pg#: 117

Comments & Questions:
This song half-reminds me of the times when I used to serenade fellow students on my way to lunch last year. Anyways, I find it interesting that simply humming a tune or whistling a song makes work and/or life (depending on who you are) more bearable- it even cheers you up. It doesn’t even have to make sense; “Come merry dol! derry dol! and merry-o”? Tom Bombadil, the singer of this quoted song is constantly cheerful. For him there’s never anything wrong. I think that his constant songs contribute to his blissful disposition.