Songs from Tolkien/Poems & Songs from Middle-Earth

Subject: RE: Songs from Tolkien/Poems & Songs from Middle-Earth
From: Mrrzy
Date: 01 May 20 - 05:35 PM

I heard something I really liked but do not recall, about the fight at Weathertop.

Subject: RE: Songs from Tolkien/Poems & Songs from Middle-Earth
From: Rumncoke
Date: 30 Apr 20 - 11:16 PM

Oh joy - I remember hearing that for the first time over 50 years ago at the Portsmouth Polytechnic Tolkein society.

Subject: RE: Songs from Tolkien/Poems & Songs from Middle-Earth
From: Long Firm Freddie
Date: 28 Apr 20 - 05:52 AM

The album Guest Abbie was looking for is now on YouTube:

Middle Earth


LFF

Subject: RE: Songs from Tolkien/Poems & Songs from Middle-Earth
From: Joe Offer
Date: 26 Apr 20 - 11:31 PM

Charlie Baum Sang this tonight:

Bath Song

Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
That washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is anoble thing!

O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain.
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.

O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.

O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!


Songs and tales from J.R.R. Tolkien's work.

http://tolkien.cro.net/talesong/bath.html

Subject: RE: Songs from Tolkien/Poems & Songs from Middle-Earth
From: Joe Offer
Date: 16 Mar 16 - 03:18 AM

That's why I gave both, HiLo. Read both and compare. Williams converted the second verse into a chorus, and added two new verses.
-Joe-

Subject: RE: Songs from Tolkien/Poems & Songs from Middle-Earth
From: GUEST,HiLo
Date: 16 Mar 16 - 12:56 AM

Hi Joe, I am a bit confused , who actually wrote these lyrics ? Tolkien or williams ? Or did Williams just lift most of them from Tolkien ?

Subject: ADD: All That Is Gold (Brooks Williams)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Mar 16 - 10:57 PM

Somebody mentioned these lines from Tolkien in another thread. I came across this song when I was researching it for the Rise Again songbook. It's a great song.

ALL THAT IS GOLD
(Brooks L. Williams)

All that is gold does not glitter
All who wander are not lost
The old that is strong does not wither
Deep roots are not touched by frost

CHORUS
From the ashes a fire shall be awoken
A light from these shadows shall spring

Those who bring peace shall not grow weary
Tho' the road be long they will find rest
Often the silence speaks the loudest
The unclenched fist is still the best

Those who seek truth shall not be sorry
Those who hope shall find new sight
Happy are those who show mercy
A candle shines the brightest light

—— w & m: Brooks L. Williams
Some lines based on a poem by J.R.R. Tolkien © 1992 Brooks L. Williams. On his Back to Mercy & Grace Notes Red Wine & Promises.

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Wikipedia has an article on the original Tolkien poem.

It gives the following text from the poem, which is from The Fellowship of the Ring:

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

Subject: RE: Search for Tolkein song record
From: MAG
Date: 09 Sep 02 - 10:10 PM

Stewie, are you looking for a particular song orthe whole thing? Lots of people know/do "All that is gold does not glitter."

MAG

Subject: RE: Search for Tolkein song record
From: GUEST,Peter from Essex
Date: 09 Sep 02 - 03:24 PM

Try the Tolkein Society

Subject: RE: Search for Tolkein song record
From: Stewart
Date: 09 Sep 02 - 02:27 PM

You can find it HERE on bookfinder.com. The song cycle is by Donald Swann and can be found in the book "The Road Goes Ever On" pub by Houghton Mifflin Co. - now out of print, but you probably could find a used copy also on bookfinder.com

Cheers, S. in Seattle

Subject: RE: Search for Tolkein song record
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 09 Sep 02 - 01:44 PM

Ya might also fire up yer copy of Kazaa, or what ever peer-to-peer file swapper you use... there might be copies of it out there to be had for free...

Do you , by chance have a track list of the album yer looking for?

Subject: RE: Search for Tolkein song record
From: MMario
Date: 09 Sep 02 - 01:34 PM

all I could find was the cassette recording of the album - link in the previous thread.

Subject: RE: Search for Tolkein song record
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 09 Sep 02 - 01:34 PM

Well, I have a tape of it... a bootleg I made from a copy of the album when I found it in my highschool library...

Subject: Search for Tolkein song record
From: GUEST,Abbie
Date: 09 Sep 02 - 01:32 PM

I'm trying to find a copy of 'Poems and Songs of Middle-Earth',a vinyl record with song and poems written by J.R.R. Tolkein. The songs are sung by William Elvin, and the poems read by the author. If anyone can help I'd be very grateful.

Thanks,
Abbie

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