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Celuien · 06-30-2006, 08:54 AM

This is a ballad sung by Finduilas as Turin is deaf to her cries for help. It's based on a traditional ballad out of Kentucky that has become somewhat more famous in recent years...

I am a maid of constant sorrow
I've seen trouble all my days.
I bid farewell to old Nargothrond
The place where I dwelt many days.
(The place where she dwelt many days.)

For many long years I've been in trouble
No love from you have I found
Now comes Glaurung, and you've been spellbound
I have no friends to help me now.

(chorus) She has no friends to help her now

It's fare thee well my own true love
I never expect to see you again
For I'm bound to end in curséd Angband
I'll die before you come again.

(chorus) She'll die before you come again.

You can bury me in some green mound
For many years where I may lay
Then you may learn to love another
While I am sleeping in my grave.

(chorus) While she is sleeping in her grave.

06-30-2006, 08:54 AM	#14
Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,767	This is a ballad sung by Finduilas as Turin is deaf to her cries for help. It's based on a traditional ballad out of Kentucky that has become somewhat more famous in recent years... I am a maid of constant sorrow I've seen trouble all my days. I bid farewell to old Nargothrond The place where I dwelt many days. (The place where she dwelt many days.) For many long years I've been in trouble No love from you have I found Now comes Glaurung, and you've been spellbound I have no friends to help me now. (chorus) She has no friends to help her now It's fare thee well my own true love I never expect to see you again For I'm bound to end in curséd Angband I'll die before you come again. (chorus) She'll die before you come again. You can bury me in some green mound For many years where I may lay Then you may learn to love another While I am sleeping in my grave. (chorus) While she is sleeping in her grave. __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.