Cosmo Sheldrake - The Moss Lyrics






Legend has it that the moss grows on
The north side of the trees
Well, legend has it that when the rain comes down
All the worms come up to breathe

Well, legend has it when the sunbeams come
All the plants, they eat them with their leaves
Well, legend has it that the world spins round
On an axis of 23 degrees

But have you heard the story of the rabbit in the moon?
Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon
Or she, who leapt up mountains, while whistling up a tune
And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom

Well, we can all learn things, both many and a-few
From that old hunched-up woman who lived inside a shoe
Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup
Or the man who drank too much and he got the brewers’ droop

Come listen, all ye fair maids, to how the moral goes
Nobody knew and nobody knows
How the Pobble was robbed of his twice five toes
Or how the Dong came to own a luminous nose

Or how the Jumblies went to sea in a sieve that they rowed
And came to shore by the Chankly Bore where the Bong-trees grow
Where the Jabberwocky’s small green tentacles do flow
And the Quangle Wangle plays in the rain and the snow

But have you heard the story of the rabbit in the moon?
Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon
Or she, who leapt up mountains, while whistling up a tune
And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom

Well, we can all learn things, both many and a-few
From that old hunched-up woman who lived inside a shoe
Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup
Or the man who drank too much and he got the brewers’ droop

Legend has it that the moss grows on
The north side of the trees
Well, legend has it that when the rain comes down
All the worms come up to breathe

Well, legend has it when the sunbeams come
All the plants, they eat them with their leaves
Well, legend has it that the world spins round
On an axis of 23 degrees

But have you heard the story of the rabbit in the moon?
Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon
Or she, who leapt up mountains, while whistling up a tune
And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom

Well, we can all learn things, both many and a-few
From that old hunched-up woman who lived inside a shoe
Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup
Or the man who drank too much and he got the brewers’ droop





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  1. S.... A....

    I FINALLY FOUND THIS FCKER!! Man this too a year to find I listened to this on tick tock and wanted to know what the original song was but could never find it

  2. A.... w....

    This song makes me oddly nostalgic every time I listen to it. It's magical really-- just how much emotion this one song envokes.

    I'm definitely going to animate this one day

  3. H.... H....

    i’m just waiting for tiktok to steal this as well.

  4. W.... ....

    I LOVE YOU

  5. T.... P....

    I got this from Tumblr,I love the music and singing style. Kinda like The cranberries but less depressed. It's a fun tune to sing.

  6. M.... y....

    this guy would make such a good dryad story teller god thing

  7. W.... ....

    I think he's finally getting recognition

  8. d.... 1....

    Kinda reminds me of my friends and I

  9. B.... A....

    He and Hozier. Omg

  10. R.... K....

    THIS MAN MAKES THE BEST SONGS

  11. m.... ....

    This reminds me of over the garden wall

  12. �.... ....

    when i listen to this i imagine moss growing on the north side of the trees

  13. v.... s....

    this is a straight up bop

  14. T.... 7....

    I love how original this shit is. Not much sounds this.

  15. K.... T....

    It has fantastic lyric I am about to become crazy, LOL!

  16. t.... ....

    If he ever teams up with AURORA ID CRY OKAY. He’s like - the perfect male voice version of her music and I’m in LOVE.

  17. b.... t....

    *this is epic*

  18. R.... A....

    So unusual voice and song 👏👏

  19. b.... t....

    The tune of god

  20. b.... t....

    I like this, its beautiful, it's a song I needed to hear

  21. B.... L....

    Honestly I feel like Cosmo deserves way more credit. Everyone hears his music but doesn't know his name, he his absolutely brilliant with his songs dedicating poems. When Birthday suit became popular a bunch of youtube channels like to make video of Cosmos song that has more popularity because it has "tik tok backwards upside down" or whatever and that's what people look up. His music is absolutely amazing and his voice has a way of soothing but causing an impact at the same time. I'm glad he is getting more popular but guys,, look at when this song was uploaded.
    I am glad for tik tok for helping him out.

  22. S.... ....

    What genre is this 🥺

  23. I.... ....

    Yo these sound like some cartoons remixed or something

  24. C.... R....

    Oh my god, This is beautiful, this is Amazing, I love it, I love it, I love it, I wish I could say something better about this, but I can't find the right words.

  25. W.... ....

    This man is basically Snufkin. No one can deny

  26. g.... m....

    I cant belive cosmo sheldrake made the moss instead of birthday suit

  27. Z.... E....

    me : the amount of times ive listened to this song in a day is unhealthy
    also me : *replay*

  28. K.... W....

    This. This is it. The song that reminds me of my childhood. This is good music. Do not stop making this kind of music,sir. Ever. Because it reminds of easier and happier times. Thank you,my good sir,for this song. Thank you so much.

  29. T.... l....

    When the time comes, the war will happen. It will be the end of it all. It will finish it. Old versus new. Hope versus anger. Dark versus light. And it is coming. Soon. We will miss it. But we will move on. Soon.... Soon.

  30. H.... L....

    this sounds like some kind of adventure story and i love it

  31. I.... o....

    Im writing a book, and these songs give me so much inspiration

  32. P.... I....

    Legend has it if you sing Cosmo Sheldrake while hanging upside down you'll summon the faerie folk

  33. o.... g....

    dude woahh-
    okay this is my favorite song now

  34. w.... a....

    Keep learning, learn from the past, learn from the future

  35. G.... ....

    i have just now listened to it because it was in my mix

    HOW HAVE I NOT LISTENED TO THIS SONG EARLIER

  36. h.... d....

    0:33 I know that bc of the idol mv

  37. N.... B....

    This mans music is what I imagine Wit would play from “The Stormlight Chronicles” series

  38. O.... S....

    *Casually uses this for the trailer for a comic*

  39. D.... :....

    I got harriet Tubman vibes rn when her dad told her to follow the trees with moss towards the north for the under ground railroad 😯 forgot the time lmao

  40. A.... F....

    _hold on gotta listen to this another thousand times_

  41. G.... M....

    No listen all ye family's of how the moral goes




    *Nobody knew and nobody knows*

  42. M.... W....

    *N O B O D Y K N E W A N D N O B O D Y K N O W S*

  43. Y.... Y....

    Oh my god, it's yet another BOP by Cosmo. My guy, big creds.

  44. A.... A....

    this became my favorite song and everytime I listen to it, I always imagine an edgy teen traveling and doing... something..Just something... idk why tho ʅ( ˘▽˘’)ʃ

  45. J.... M....

    I get such a Chet Faker, Alt J and Glass Animals mixture here. Obviously with it's own lovely twist as well ❤

  46. F.... ....

    Sheldrake has such a good voice I could fall asleep to it

  47. B.... P....

    I want to thank Cosmo Sheldrake for this song. This song is a little over 5 and a half years old at this point. I found it recently.

    Mr Sheldrake, I just want to say, this song reminds me of many nursery rhymes, poems, and short stories I was told or read as a kid and that I had honestly forgotten until today. Thank you.

  48. S.... ....

    The beginning sounds like my friends rap song he made in 7th grade science class

  49. Y.... ....

    this is a banger like bruh I can’t stop listening to this

  50. P.... ....

    this song makes me emotional for some reason

  51. A.... 5....

    I suddenly want to go deep into the woods to find a secret world or some Mystical Portal, anyone else?

  52. H.... S....

    Bro I wish I heard of him sooner like he goooood

  53. W.... ....

    I love how his songs make me feel like I’m in some sort of fantasy quest world, traveling from village to village, listening to the stories they tell around the fire every night.

  54. C.... ....

    My 15 years old daughter presented me Cosmo. Proud I took good care of her music education.

  55. G.... I....

    Legend has it the north of England exists 😂

  56. I.... ....

    Your content is good.. why do people watch shit content when there is such great and amazing songs like this.

  57. L.... _....

    I came for the meme.. Now It's my new favorite song.

  58. Z.... L....

    This song makes everything feel just a tad off center.

  59. t.... ....

    1:00 just a little marker :)

  60. A.... ....

    Once christmas rolls around and I get a better animation software I really want to animate this, its so beautiful and It just never stops ringing in my head

  61. S.... C....

    I feel I'm the only one who gets Anathema (Good Omens) from this...

  62. T.... J....

    ok ok but hear me out, he sounds like kermit

    T.... J....

    A Nomad

  63. J.... E....

    this song really reminds me of the Moomins, specifically the Joxter or maybe Snufkin and I can't really explain why it just kinda. . . does

    J.... E....

    Thank you a
    I agree This is the first thing I thought when I heard. this all C's songs I think he should have a song in the new season of moomin valley

  64. T.... P....

    i swear this song makes every liquid come out of my body

  65. N.... H....

    I’m glad tick tock has not kidnapped this song yet 🤣

    N.... H....

    I hate Tiktok's cringe, but honestly it makes songs more famous..................... I want them to use it.

    N.... H....

    You say this but tiktok was how I discovered the song.

    It's a damn good song tbb

  66. w.... b....

    its just so good ;-;
    GREAT JOB!

  67. w.... y....

    I am on a safe side of the YouTube

  68. S.... .....

    Bro this is my new favorite song 0-0

  69. M.... ....

    No one:



    Creepypasta Cosplayers: 1:00

  70. G.... ....

    Luminous moose

  71. G.... ....

    Cosmo sheldrake is an awsome name

  72. G.... E....

    Bruh nice

  73. L.... ....

    Ok, so like I listened to the song "Birthday suit" And now I'm kinda...obsessed?

  74. S.... s....

    This song makes me think of laughing jack for some odd reason

  75. b.... w....

    my friend just told me abt you and she said ur an actual god and shes right
    ur a god

  76. M.... S....

    Three types of commenters:
    1. Tries to find the meaning of the song
    2. Random comments about how he is secretly I time traveler fae god.
    3. Being chaotic and making puns and shit

    M.... S....

    Mandie Slaughter and the people ho write down the lyrics even tho it’s in the link.

    M.... S....

    Ah, a YouTube Goddess I'm guessing? Good job wasting your life

  77. M.... o....

    Me: *explores his music* "damn this shit is fire"

  78. b.... ....

    yes. this pleases the goblin.

  79. I.... ....

    *goblincore has entered the chat*

  80. e.... e....

    jack stauber and cosmo sheldrake should collab.

  81. S.... N....

    *goblincore noise*

  82. E.... M....

    10 times better with headphones

  83. C.... N....

    I love how people are tearing apart the song to try and understand it and my dumbass is over here trying to figure out what a "crangle wangle" is

    C.... N....

    Okay, so I saw this and then went on a ten minute search, apparently its actually "quanglewangle" which is a creature from a nonsense story. Also, most of the lyrics are things from other poems or stories, for example "the pobble was robbed of his twice five toes" is a poem by Edward Lear. "The girl who ate tear soup" is referencing Yasher Koach and Tear Soup and so on, basically, the song is referencing a lot of old tales, legends or nonsensical writing, which honestly makes the song all the better. That was really long winded but there you go.

  84. R.... D....

    Cosmo's voice is cosmic. (Hmm Coincidence?)

  85. S.... C....

    A man who's full of himself starts speaking of adventures and quests hes been sent on. Hes aloof but really cares about his craft and telling an engaging story to those who will listen.

  86. T.... s....

    This guys sings like the cradles song :D

  87. s.... ....

    I am ADDICTED to this song-
    This one countryhumans animation did this :,/

  88. W.... ....

    this is him

    W.... ....

    never mind

  89. W.... ....

    this is my new favorite song

  90. M.... A....

    I love how he says woeman

  91. s.... o....

    The best SoNG EVER!!❤

  92. S.... ....

    This gives me some kind of witchy vibes and im living for it

  93. s.... m....

    I don’t know what this song means but I love it and I want- I mean NEED more

  94. B.... M....

    His voice like stromae right !?

    B.... M....

    Sorta. I've honestly not heard Stromae in so long. 😂

  95. k.... m....

    cosmo sheldrake and hozier live in the same foggy forest and u cant change my mind

  96. S.... G....

    I love this!!!! But I still can’t get over how odd it is!