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Thread #71295   Message #1219489
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
04-Jul-04 - 08:21 PM
Thread Name: Quote/song title re rings
Subject: RE: Quote/song title re rings
I've already quoted it elsewhere, (and still unattributed!), but, with reference to "The Lord of the Rings"

TTTO "Colonel Bogey"

Sauron, he's only got nine rings (carried by the ringwraiths/Nazgul)
Three are with the Elven kings (Elrond, Galdriel & Gandalf)
Seven, in dwarvish heaven.
But poor old Frodo's got hold o' the one!

(original version [Tolkien]:
three rings for the elven kings under the sky
seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone
nine for mortal men doomed to die
one ring for the dark lord on his throne
in the land of mordor where the shadows lie
one ring to rule them all, one ring to find them
one ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.
)



Cheers

Nigel