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07 Aug 25 - 08:34 AM (#4226834) Subject: Battle of Evermore From: Dave the Gnome How did I not know this before?! From Wiki "The Battle of Evermore" is a folk duet sung by Robert Plant and Sandy Denny, included on Led Zeppelin's untitled 1971 album, commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV. The song's instrumentation features acoustic guitar and mandolin playing, while the lyrics allude to J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. Jimmy Page wrote it wuile messing about on John Paul Jones's mandolin |
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07 Aug 25 - 08:18 PM (#4226873) Subject: RE: Battle of Evermore From: GUEST,keberoxu You must have heard this one on the radio, or somewhere, before now, I know I have, because I never purchased the recording. Yes, Robert Plant has been interviewed, talking about how modest Sandy Denny was in the studio and what a pleasure it was to work with her. |
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08 Aug 25 - 12:00 AM (#4226876) Subject: ADD: Battle of Evermore (Led Zeppelin song) From: Joe Offer Here's the recording of "The Battle of Evermore" from the Led Zeppelin IV album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_AfMHCVoxA The song was written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant at Headley Grange while Page was experimenting on John Paul Jones's mandolin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Evermore https://mainlynorfolk.info/sandy.denny/songs/thebattleofevermore.html THE BATTLE OF EVERMORE (Robert Plant & Jimmy Page) The Queen of Light took her bow And then she turned to go The Prince of Peace embraced the gloom And walked the night alone Oh, dance in the dark of night Sing to the morning light The dark Lord rides in force tonight And time will tell us all Oh, throw down your plow and hoe Rest not to lock your homes Side by side we wait the might Of the darkest of them all I hear the horses' thunder Down in the valley below I'm waiting for the angels of Avalon Waiting for the eastern glow The apples of the valley hold The seeds of happiness The ground is rich from tender care Repay, do not forget, no, no Oh, dance in the dark of night Sing to the morning light The apples turn to brown and black The tyrant's face is red Oh the war is common cry Pick up you swords and fly The sky is filled with good and bad That mortals never know Oh, well, the night is long The beads of time pass slow Tired eyes on the sunrise Waiting for the eastern glow The pain of war cannot exceed The woe of aftermath The drums will shake the castle wall The ringwraiths ride in black Ride on Sing as you raise your bow Shoot straighter than before No comfort has the fire at night That lights the face so cold Oh dance in the dark of night Sing to the mornin' light The magic runes are writ in gold To bring the balance back Bring it back At last the sun is shining The clouds of blue roll by With flames from the dragon of darkness The sunlight blinds his eyes Oh, bring it back, bring it back Bring it back, bring it back Bring it back, bring it back Bring it back, bring it back Oh now, oh now, oh now Oh now, oh now, oh now Bring it back, bring it back Bring it back, bring it back Oh now, oh now, oh now Oh now, oh now, oh now Bring it, bring it, bring it Bring it, bring it, bring it Bring it, bring it, bring it Bring it, bring it, bring it Source: Musixmatch (not edited) Songwriters: Robert Plant / James Patrick (jimmy) Page The Battle Of Evermore lyrics © Succubus Music Ltd., Sons Of Einion Publishing, Flames Of Albion Music, Inc. |