Middle Earth Christmas Carols

[Meela]

Here are some songs I made up last Christmas:

We Three Elves (sung to We Three Kings)

We three elves of Lorien are,
One in a tree and two on the path.
Silently laying, watching and waiting,
To catch any foe we pass.

O… tree of splendour, tree of light,
Caras Galadhon awakes tonight.
Lord in his chair, lady at mirror,
Following Frodo as he fights.

Lo! Here comes a travelling group.
They ask for help, we give them the boot.
They bow to us lowly, we guard them closely,
Bows loaded and ready to shoot.

O… tree of splendour, tree of light,
Caras Galadhon awakes tonight.
Lord in his chair, lady at mirror,
Following Frodo as he fights.

Lord and lady, dazzling in white,
Greet the strangers, shrouded in white.
He sighs and murmurs, she knows their purpose,
The psychic old bat’s always right.

O… tree of splendour, tree of light,
Caras Galadhon awakes tonight.
Lord in his chair, lady at mirror,
Following Frodo as he fights.

We lead them down to camp until day,
Preparing boats, store lembas away.
Give them their gifts and send them adrift,
Down Anduin on their way.

O… tree of splendour, tree of light,
Caras Galadhon awakes tonight.
Lord in his chair, lady at mirror,
Following Frodo as he fights.

Fighting Night (sung to Silent Night)

Fighting night, battle night,
Rohan quaked at the site
Scores of fearsome Uruk-Hai,
King's brave warriors prepared to die
Beat- the drums sound out,
Beat- the drums sound out.

And my own Twelve Days of Christmas:

Twelve shards of Narsil,
Eleven elven archers,
Ten Rohan riders,
Nine Wraiths of Sauron,
Eight Ents a’ marching,
Seven dwarves a’ digging,
Six hobbits smoking,
Five gold rings,
Four drunken orcs,
Three vain elves,
Two Shadow realms,
And a king re-crowned on the throne.

Hmmm... what about a song as sung by the three rings of the elves...

We three rings of Elvenkind are
Hidden from the dark lord's power
Elrond, Gandalf, and Galadriel
On their fingers are

Ohhh, ohhhh
Rings of power, rings of might
Rings of gems and silver bright
Elves sustaining
Power waning
Still we help preserve the light

Vilya am I, the water ring
Power of seas to Elrond I bring
Stream and fountain, creek from mountain
Obey the words he sings

I am Nenya, ring of the air
For the queen, Galadriel fair
Quietly sleeping, Lorien keeping
Home of the elves, now rare

Narya am I, red ring of fire
Giv'n to Gandalf in gray attire
Always fighting evil blighting
Never once shall he tire

[The Barrow-Wight]

Gandalf Got Ran Over By A Balrog

~Chorus~
Gandalf got ran over by a Balrog
walking through the dwarf mines Christmas Eve
You can say the wings were only shadow
But as for me and Frodo we believe (not really)

He’d been drinking too much miruvor
And Strider begged him not to go
But he was still stunned by Watcher
So he stumbled to the bridge to meet his foe

His staff was flashing in the darkness
He shouted “No, you shall not pass”
But Balrogs aren’t good at taking orders
So he knocked the noisy wizard on his crevasse

Ooooooohhhhhh….

(Chorus)

We were all so proud of Frodo
He was taking it so well
Dodging Elves and orcs and Gollum
He wished he’d spent the Winter in Rivendell

It's just not fun without Mithrandir
His pointy hat, his funny jokes
The hobbits mourned his early passing
Until they found he’d left behind his smokes

Ooooooohhhhhh….

(Chorus)

When they found him in the Entwood
He claimed he’d survived the attack
And fought the monster on the mountain
Turning himself white, the monster black

(Chorus)

[Fingolfin II]

WARNING: Reading the following parody may cause severe groaning.


Ringing Bells

Ringing bells,
Ringing bells,
Irritating all the way.
That’s what gets Bilbo angry,
When the Sackville-Baggins come to stay- hey!

Ringing bells,
Ringing bells,
Irritating all the way.
That’s what gets Bilbo angry,
When the Sackville-Baggins come to stay- hey!

Annoying Bilbo,
By taking all his spoons (and eating all his lunch),
Oh what fun it is to be a Took,
With a pint of beer from the Dragon and some more for Brunch- hey!

Ringing bells,
Ringing bells,
Irritating all the way.
That’s what gets Bilbo angry,
When the Sackville-Baggins come to stay- hey!

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Hark the Rohirrim horns do sound,
Causing all to look around.

Crossing earth to join the fray,
Scattering those caught in their way.
Faithful Rohan’s banners fly,
Join the hordes under gloomy sky.
Battle hosts of darkness fell.
Battle so that all might tell.

Rohan rode to Gondor’s aid,
Hon’ring still the pledge they’d made.

[Morai]

Here's another one, hopefully less cheesy:

What Hobbit is this?
Who laid to rest,
On Gamgee's lap
Is sleeping?
Whom Wizards greet,
With Wise Words sweet,
While Rangers watch,
Are keeping?
This, this is Frodo with Ring,
the Bearer,
the Master,
the son of... Drogo.

[The Saucepan Man]

To the tune of Away in a Manger:

Away in a Barrow
Cold stone for a bed
Four little Hobbits
Laid down their sweet heads

The fog on the grey Downs
Looks down where they lay
Four little Hobbits
Asleep on the clay

The hand comes a groping
One Hobbit awakes
But brave little Frodo
Spurns thoughts of escape

With sword he is cutting
The hand falls away
And Frodo remembers
The rhyme he must say

Ho! Tom Bombadil! Ho!
Tom Bombadillo!
And Tom comes a calling
By reed and willow

Get out you old Wight!
Sings Tom Bombadil
And Wight leaves his Barrow
With shriek loud and shrill

[Nimrodel_9]

"Thank you Sam, but that's MY ring!"

Haha!
That was most excellent, Barrow-wight!

Oh, drat I`ve lost the link! Last year somebody put up a link to a site with lots of "Middle-earth carols." Maybe someone knows what it was.

[AbercrombieOfRohan]

*groans (at memories not your songs)* anyone ever notice the simlarities between Deck the Halls (fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-laaa) and the elves of Rivendell from the hobbit (Fa-la-la-la-lally)? My brother and I spent one evening singing our version of this song.