Sung to the Tune of....9

Contents of this page:
A Hobbit Boy is Gone to War - Daisy Gold
A Song about Frodo from "Her" - boriel
A Tune from Boromir - boriel
Addicted to Mud - boriel
Alone Again, Naturally (It's all about Gollum!) - bombadilwasrobbed
From Faramir to Father - boriel
He Said He Was a Tree Herder - Mousechief
In Mordor - Mim
Legolas Greenleaf  - JennanOPossums
Merry Pippin - Mim
My Dear Friend - Queen of Gondor
Peter Jackson Can - HobbitNaga
Saruman - JennanOPossums
Take this Ring and Burn it - boriel
To Destroy the Undestroyable Ring - Mim

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Is it Friday or not? Where is the singing, the music, the swooning dwarf-fanciers and gentle-hearted Easterlings? Where are the moshing orcs and the Hobbits macarena-ing? They have come here! Plug in that kareoke machine!

Alone Again, Naturally (It's all about Gollum!)
Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O. Sullivan

In a little while from now
If I'm not feeling any less full of gloom
I promise myself to treat myself
And visit nearby Mount Doom
And climbing to the top will throw myself off
In an effort to make it clear to who
Ever what it's like when you're shattered
Left standing in the scene without your Precious thing
With Samwise saying: "Master, we're here
go ahead and chuck the ring"
No point in us remaining
We may as well go down
As I did on my own
Alone again, naturally

To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful, bright and gay
Looking forward to well wouldn't do
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down
Reality came around
And without so much, as a mere touch
Cut me up into little things
Leaving me to doubt Sam
Talking about Precious Master and HIS ring
And if Sauron really does exist
Why did he desert me in my hour of need
I truly am indeed alone again, naturally

It seems to me that I have hunches that
in the world there are more goblin lunches
Left unattended
What do we do? What do we do, my Precious?

Alone again, naturally
Now looking back over the years
And whatever else that appears
I remember I cried when my brother Deagol died
Never wishing to hide the tears

And at over 500 years old
My Precious, God rest it's soul,
Couldn't understand why the only one
It had ever loved had been taken
Leaving Precious to melt with a band so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when Precious passed away
I cried and cried all the way down
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally
- bombadilwasrobbed
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Addicted to Mud

Your hair is wet, but it's not clean
Your face, it does not gleam
Your nails are black, your clothes torn
you look a wreck, you look forlorn

You can't sleep, you can't eat
There's no doubt, you're in deep
Your throat is tight, you can't breathe
a bar of soap is all you need

Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh yeah

It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough, you know you're

Gonna have to face it, you're addicted to mud

You've got stubble on your face,
you think that shaving is a disgrace,
your cloak can stand up by itself,
You scorn the pretty elf, he cant help himself


You can't be saved
fresh mud is all you crave
If there's some left for you
You don't mind if you do

Whoa, you like to think
that you're immune to the stuff, oh yeah

It's closer to the truth
to say you can't get enough,
you know you're Gonna have to face it,
you're addicted to mud

Might as well face it, you're addicted to mud
Might as well face it, you're addicted to mud
Might as well face it, you're addicted to mud
Might as well face it, you're addicted to mud
Might as well face it, you're addicted to mud
-boriel


“He Said He Was a Tree Herder”
(to the tune of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by the Andrews Sisters)

We were caught by Orcs and had to get away
We ran into the forest in the light of day
It was dark and it was bleak
Then we were caught by a hand and we started to freak
The guy was green and brown, as tall as tall can be
He said he was a tree herder but looked like a tree

Had a Moot and roused the Ents, quite ready for war
They really shook the ground like nothing else before
Because the next day they would strike
Get back at Saruman by tearing up the dike
Treebeard began to blow calling Ent and tree
He said he was a tree herder but looked like a tree

A-toot-hurrum a-toot-hoom
A-toot diddle-ee-ada-toot
The Ents went marching to war
They’re gonna crush ‘em
He didn’t throw a stroke
Until wee Shire folk
Were standin’ with ‘im

He makes the forest jump
From Fanghorn Wood to Bree
He said he was a tree herder but looked like a tree

The Ents ere really peeved with Mr. Saruman
It seems that he forgot them in his little plan
They clapped their hands and stamped their feet
And the rocks, they did roll, and Mr. Saruman’s beat
He really breaks it up, as now we all can see
He said he was a tree herder but looked like a tree

A-toot-hurrum a-toot-hoom
A-toot diddle-ee-ada-toot
The Ents went marching to war
They’re gonna crush ‘em
He didn’t throw a stroke
Until wee Shire folk
Were standin’ with ‘im

A-and the forest jumps
From Fanghorn to Bree
He said he was a tree herder but looked like a tree

- mousechief and JennanOPossums
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Legolas Greenleaf
(to the tune of Elanor Rigby)

Let me first preface this by saying I DO like Legolas Greenleaf in the books. Also, I DO think Orlando Bloom plays him perfectly in the movies. This song is not meant to be taken seriously on any level. So, to you Bloomers out there, don’t light your torches, leave your pictchforks in the shed. It’s a silly song. A by-product of too much time and too little sleep.

And now for your listening pleasure, with apologies to Tolkien, the Harvard Lampoon (One of thier lines is in there.) and the Beatles, I humbly present this song that may be sung to the tune of the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby”.

Ah, look at all the shiny people! (violins)
Ah, look at all the shiny people! (violins)

Legolas Greenleaf,
An Eleven prince who lived in the woodlands of the Mirk,
He was a jerk.
Smelled like a bird’s nest,
His only friend was a creep that he bought with a bribe,
From Durin’s tribe.

All the shiny people,
Where do they all come from?
All the shiny people,
Get out, good-bye, so long!

Legolas Greenleaf,
Shining his knives in the dark when there’s no goblins there,
No one to pare.
Look at him working,
Rinsing his tights in the nights by the side of a stream,
Come out bright green!

All the shiny people,
Where do they all come from?
All the shiny people,
Get out, good-bye, so long!

Ah, look at all the shiny people! (violins)
Ah, look at all the shiny people! (violins)

Legolas Greenleaf,
Left Middle Earth in his boat with his dwarf by his side,
Nobody cried.
Would have stayed longer,
But all who could stand him were already dead or had fled,
It was his head. (fat)

All the shiny people,
Where do they all come from?
All the shiny people,
Get out, good-bye, so long!
- JennanOPossums


take this ring and burn it
 my apologies to Johnny Paycheck.

Take this ring and burn it,
I can't do this anymore more.
I have no hope left,
And can't remember what i was doin' this for.
You better not to try to stand in my way,
As I'm a walkin' out the door.
Take this ring and burn it,
I can't do this any more.

I've been carrying this burden
For nigh on one whole year.
All this time, I watch my friends,
Drownin' in a pool of tears.
An I've seen a lot of my good friends die,
There was nothin' i could do
I'd give my own life on the spot,
I'd die instead of you.

Take this ring and burn it,
I can't do this any more.
I have no hope left,
An' can't remember what i was doing this for.
You better not to try to stand in my way,
As I'm a walkin' out the door.
Take this ring and burn it,
I can't do this any more.

Take this ring and burn it.
- boriel


A Song to Frodo from "Her"
sung to the tune of a little irish band - with or without you - u2


See the life drain from your eyes
Hear you breath out your last sigh
I'm waiting for you

Gollum led you to your fate
in my web i'll make you pay
And I'm waiting for you

With or without you
With or without you

Through the tunnel and down the stairs
he led you straight into my lair
And I'm waiting for you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

My legs are tired
My body bruised, Sting got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
With or without you
- boriel

From Faramir to Father
 sung to the tune of Someday, Somehow


How the hell did we wind up like this,
why weren't we able
to see the signs that we missed,
and try to turn the tables?

I wish you'd loved me like him
but you were never able.
Why could I never do right,
and gain your favor?


Nothin's wrong
just as long as
you know that someday I will

Someday, somehow
gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
Someday, somehow
gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when

Why is it that he, you adored
beyond all reasoning;
But me you always deplored
-I'm still your offspring.

Now the story's played out like this
as your madness takes you
I have loved you all of my life
but there's nothing I can do.

It's all wrong
just how long can
I hope that someday I will

Someday, somehow
gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
Someday, somehow
it'll never be all right - not now
I know we've reached the bitter end
(You're not the only one who knows that)
I know we've reached the bitter end.
- boriel


a tune from boromir
(sung to the tune of Collective Soul-the world i know )

Have you ever seen
The Tower of ecthelion?
It glimmers like
a pearl and silver spike
a morning breeze catches its banners high
the sight of it always makes me sigh
And I dont know why
(echo)and i dont know why


Have you ever been
called home by trumpeting
Their clear ringing sound
echoes all around
Our paths will lead us there one day
and the tower guard will have to say
that we' ve returned.
The Lord's of Gondor are here.

(chorus)
so i walk up on high
And I step to the edge
To see my world below.
And I gaze at the town
As the tears roll down.
'Cause it's the world I know.
It's the world I love.


Are you listening
to what i'm offering?
Have you eyes to see
that love is gathering?
you're my brother and my captain
I'd follow you to places uncertain
You are the King
You are my King

(chorus)
so i walk up on high
And I step to the edge
To see my world below.
And I gaze at the town
As the tears roll down.
'Cause it's the world I know.
It's the world I love.
- boriel

Saruman
(To the tune of the Beatles' ‘Nowhere Man.’)


He’s a real Saruman,
Sitting in his Saru-land,
Making all his Saru-plans,
For nobody.

Doesn’t even have his ball,
Just one Worm, that is all,
E’en the great can have their fall,
Like you and me.

Saruman, please listen,
The whole point you’ve been missin’,
You were only ever a pawn
In The Enemy’s hand.

He was blind and could not see,
The forest was more than just a tree,
Ents long asleep would be his downfall.

Doesn’t even have a clue,
If Sauron calls what will he do?
His vast army is long through,
Just one scared Wormy.

Saruman, don’t worry,
The end will come
After a journey.
You will die in a strange land,
At your Womtongue’s hand.

He’s a real Saruman,
Sitting on his Saru-can,
Ruined now is his great plan,
For nobody.

Ruined now is his great plan,
For nobody.
- JennanOPossums


In Mordor

( singing to the tune of " Under the Sea")

Boromir
In Mordor it's always evil
In Sauron's place
You talk about going over there
But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world around you
Right here in Rivendell
Just think of how the ring could help us
What do you want to destroy it for?

In Mordor
In Mordor
Everything's darker
Everything's harder
It is a bore
The orcs they work all day
Even in the sun they slave away
Go there and start dying
It's not worth trying
In Mordor

In Gondor men aren't happy
Mordor has taken it's toll
In Gondor men aren't happy
They say 'cuz they'll be more
But we might be lucky
If we had Isildur's bane
Destroying it is folly
You must all be insane

In Mordor
In Mordor
Sauron will beat us
He will defeat us
It is for sure
The land is destroyed filled with waste
Those in it try to escape with haste
We got lots of troubles
Osgiliath crumbles
In Mordor
In Mordor
Since we fight there
Then we'll die there
Naturally
Even this dwarf and this elf
Know that destroying it won't help
We have to save it
Or Sauron will take it
To Mordor

The Land of Despair
Has things on wings
Has orcs in the works
And a Nazgul Witchking
The road always forks
The gobs' look like globs
The eye will try to see you
(yeah)
The elf can shoot
The dwarf knows the drill
The wizard has magic
The ranger can kill
The hobbits are small
and one holds it all
And that is the Fellowship

In Mordor
In Mordor
the dead come alive there
you can't survive there
the ring is for war
What do we got now at hand
A small inadequate band
Each soul here
Will know fear
In Mordor
All who are here
Should know here
What's in Mordor
We musn't go there
Where there's no pure air
That's why its better
Oh yes its better
Take it to Gondor
It will do more
Away from Mordor
- Mim


To Destroy the Undestroyable Ring

sung to " To reach the unreachable star" (Impossible Dream)

Frodo
To destroy the undestroyable ring
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To go where the men dare not go

To right the unrightable wrong
To love the Shire from afar
To try, when your arms are too weary
To destroy the undestroyable ring!

This is my quest to destroy the ring
No matter how hopeless to get rid of this thing
To fight for the right
Without even a pause
To be ready to march into Mordor
for a desperate cause!

And I know if only I have Sam
On this frightening quest
That when I die peaceful and calm
He will lay me to rest

And Middle Earth will be better for this
That one hobbit torn and holding his Sting
Still strove with his last ounce of lembas
To destroy the undestroyable ring!
- Mim


Merry Pippin
sung to the tune of " Sunrise, sunset"

Frodo
Is this the hobbit Pippin?
Is that Merry over there?

Sam
I don't remember growing shorter
It's not fair

Frodo
When did he grow to be a giant?
When did he grow to be this tall?

Sam
Wasn't it yesterday
When they were small?

Frodo
Merry, Pippin
Merry, Pippin
Swiftly growing tall
Seedlings turn overnight to flowers
Even as we stay small

Sam
Merry, Pippin
Merry, Pippin
Swiftly grows their hair
HOw thick their hair curls
They truly make a hairry pair

Frodo
What words of teasing can I give them?
How can I help to change their ways?

Sam
Now they will always be taller
Day by day

Legolas
They look so natural being taller

Gimli
But its not how it should be
I just hope they don't grow taller than me

Reprise
- Mim


My Dear Friend
Sung to the tune of 'Daydream Believer' by the Monkees

Oh I could go ‘neath the sky,
To destroy this golden ring,
I would never fall and give up.
But I fall, and I stand
With the help of my dear Sam,
His eyes are so warm and I smile.

Cheer up, my dear Friend,
It’s not yet the end,
Of our journey,
So believe and you’ll mend.

I was once only,
The one who planted peony’s,
But now you and I are friends and are free,
Oh and we might be here now,
In this dreadful dark land,
But you and I together can defeat.

Cheer up, my dear Friend,
It’s not yet the end,
Of our journey,
So believe and you’ll mend.
Cheer up, my dear Friend,
It’s not yet the end,
Of our journey,
So believe and you’ll mend.

Cheer up, my dear Friend,
It’s not yet the end,
Of our journey,
So believe and you’ll mend.
- Queen of Gondor



Peter Jackson Can

(originally The Candyman can from Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory)


Who can take a movie,
Make it like few do?
Cover it in Cormari and a miracle or two…
Peter Jackson can, Peter Jackson can,
Peter Jackson can ‘cause he mixes it with love
And makes the world seem good…

Who can take a Hobbit,
Wrap it in a sigh?
Soakin’ in the sun and eatin’ strawberry lemon pie
Peter Jackson? Peter Jackson can….
Peter Jackson can ‘cause he mixes it with love
And makes the world seem good….

Peter Jackson makes
Good-looking Hobbit cakes
Satisfying and delicious.
Talk about your childhood wishes.
See Merry and Pip washin’ dishes!

Who can take tomorrow,
Dip it in a dream?
Separate the sorrow and make the fan girls all scream,
Peter Jackson? Peter Jackson can, Peter Jackson can…
Peter Jackson can ‘cause he mixes it with love
And makes the world seem good…
And the world seems good
‘cause Peter Jackson thinks it should….
- HobbitNaga
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A hobbit boy to the war is gone
(sung to the tune of - The Minstrel Boy)


A hobbit boy to the war is gone,
On the fields of death you'll find him.
His enchanted sword he hath girded on
The brave Rohirrim ride behind him.
"Land of Gondor", hear the warrior call
"Tho' Sauron's world assaults thee.
My sword I'll wield tho' I am small,
My faithful heart shall praise thee".


The hobbit fell. But the ring wraith's might
Could not bring that brave soul under.
The king he loved ne'er spoke again.
For he died in smoke and thunder.
Yet hope lived on as Merry swore
To defend the land of Gondor.
This land was made for the brave and free.
None shall ever live in slavery.
- Daisy Gold

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