[Ainaserkewen]

Billy Boyd wrote the tune that he sang, part of the most famous Hobbit walking song in the written trilogy. The song he sings in the movies is actually a piece of "The Road Goes Ever On and On", you can find it someone in the first few chapters. Forgive me, my books are at home.

When Billy Boyd comments on writing the tune to his song, he said that he thought it should be archaic, as if the song were passed down from the earlier settlement days of the Shire, and that a great grandfather would pass it down to the younger, happier generations, that would explain the "old as the hills" comment because surely the early settlers made it through hard times, affecting their brand of song writing. This is all fine and good for the movies, but what about the story?

Since Pippin sang written word, we don’t know if it were sad or happy. But the general mood of Pippin when he sings is easily determined. So, even if that song was meant to be chipper and happy, don’t you think Pippin’s mood would have affected how it sounded?