[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

That's the bit I was looking for. It was indeed the landlord to the Man in the Moon from The Man in the Moon stayed up too late in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. The convention we've been following here is to name the speaker, the person addressed and the work from which the quotation came. Completing the quote is optional.

Anyway, it's your turn Narduewen.