Ok, I know there are others on this board that have enjoyed the Fellowship of the Ring as much as I have. Has anyone sat down and figured out the tune to “The Road goes ever on and on” that Gandalf and later Bilbo sings?
If anyone has it in ABC, I’d appreciate it. Here are the lyrics:
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...
TIA,
Kim
PS: Vaperlock suggested I put the Lamers part in the Subject line. I have no idea what it’s about.
“Whistling women and crowing hens never come to no good end”
[ This Message was edited by: Kim in Tulsa on 2002-08-21 18:27 ]
Well I don’t have the ABCs, and I’d say: learn it by ear. But I know the words…
…down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the road has gone,
and I must follow if I can
pursuing it with weary feet
where many paths and errands meet.
And wither then? I cannot say.
Actually I’ve only seen the movie once ducks and don’t recall the song. But if someone could capture it, maybe one of our better learn-by-ear folks could transcribe it.
On 2002-08-21 18:34, avanutria wrote:
maybe one of our better learn-by-ear folks could transcribe it.
That’s what I’m hoping. I couldn’t even figure out “It’s a Small World” and even with time, I don’t seem to be getting better at doing things by ear! Those that can are truly talented, IMO.
On 2002-08-21 18:38, Kim in Tulsa wrote:
That’s what I’m hoping. I couldn’t even figure out “It’s a Small World” and even with time, I don’t seem to be getting better at doing things by ear! Those that can are truly talented, IMO.
That’s what I used to think, Kim. I found out it’s just a matter of having enough playing time. Then at some point, your fingers “know the notes.” See my thread called Epiphany.
I don’t remember if the song had lyrics identical to the song in the books by Tolkien, but it was very similar. If you haven’t read the books, you’re missing out in a big way. Need I mention Tom Bombadil??
Tony
On 2002-08-21 21:20, Dewhistle wrote:
I’ll have a bash. I do know a tune for it from the BBC broadcast, but it’s so hard to hear it in the film…
But I do have the DVD.
I like the BBC tune better than the one in the film, indeed on still summer evenings I have been heard singing this as I wander among the hills and valleys of the Shire, er, I mean Dorset.
I also like the song “Sing Hey for a Bath at the End of the Day!” but I don’t think they did that in the BBC radio version.
I have the DVD too, but Ian Holm isn’t the greatest of singers. In the BBC series, he said rather than sang “The Cow Jumped over the Moon” song, as Frodo entertaining the company at the Prancing Pony.
Well I don’t have the ABCs, and I’d say: learn it by ear. But I know the words…
…down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the road has gone,
and I must follow if I can
pursuing it with weary feet
where many paths and errands meet.
And wither then? I cannot say.
You missed a line, Bloomy you lamer!
Pursuing it with weary feet
until it joins some larger way
where many paths and errands meet.
And wither then? I cannot say.
Original words by Percocet Took, great great grandfather of Pippin. He fell in battle against Vicodin the Terribly Naughty alongside Celebrex the Itchy Gnome, in Shire Year 407, at the battle of the two Fords (Capri & Prefect).
You might try adding the word “Lamers” to the thread title…that should provoke somebody
Oh my! Now we’re lamers. I guess that’s better than what the maker of Susato whistles said in the Serpent Whistles thread.
I haven’t seen the movie yet. Is it out on DVD/VHS yet? In my senior year of High School, I did a book report on the Hobbit. It was really a long book. I read only the first and last chapters. I got an A+ on the report.
Reasonable Person W a l d e n
Walden is blue at one time and green at another, even from the same point of view. Lying between the earth and the heavens, it partakes of the color of both.—Thoreau
[ This Message was edited by: Walden on 2002-08-22 06:11 ]
Ahh, Kim.