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- From: reid@ucs.indiana.edu (Frank Reid)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien
- Subject: tunes for Tolkien songs
- Keywords: road
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 21:37:45 GMT
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- I've always loved the poem from _Lord of the Rings_:
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- The road goes ever on and on,
- Down from the door where it began.
- Now far ahead the road has gone,
- And I must follow if I can.
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- Pursuing it with weary feet
- Until it joins some larger way
- Where many paths and errands meet,
- And whither then I cannot say.
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- I like to sing it to a "folk" tune from the '60s, I think
- recorded by The Seekers and/or Peter, Paul and
- Brunhilda^H^H^H^H^H Mary:
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- The water is wide, I can't cross o'er.
- Nor do I have light wings to fly.
- Build me a boat that can carry two,
- And both shall roam, my love and I.
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- Does anyone know other tunes which fit this or other poems/songs
- from LOTR? I've heard a few original compositions which really
- suck.
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- Frank reid@ucs.indiana.edu
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- Why to PP&M look like muppets?
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