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mark12_30 · 12-10-2003, 09:14 AM

There are so many...
Legolas' Song of the Sea... I second that one. hasn't anybody written a tune for it? I can't find one... nor is it easy to fit to a celtic tune, I've tried.

Eomer's battle-cry:

Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising
I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking:
Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!

And then, this by Sam; (great tune can be found on Starlit Jewel album)

In western lands beneath the Sun
the flowers may rise in Spring,
the trees may bud, the waters run,
the merry finches sing.
Or there maybe 'tis cloudless night
and swaying beeches bear
the Elven-stars as jewels white
amid their branching hair.

Though here at journey's end I lie
in darkness buried deep,
beyond all towers strong and high,
beyond all mountains steep,
above all shadows rides the Sun
and Stars for ever dwell:
I will not say the Day is done,
nor bid the Stars farewell.

12-10-2003, 09:14 AM	#23
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	There are so many... Legolas' Song of the Sea... I second that one. hasn't anybody written a tune for it? I can't find one... nor is it easy to fit to a celtic tune, I've tried. Eomer's battle-cry: Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall! And then, this by Sam; (great tune can be found on Starlit Jewel album) In western lands beneath the Sun the flowers may rise in Spring, the trees may bud, the waters run, the merry finches sing. Or there maybe 'tis cloudless night and swaying beeches bear the Elven-stars as jewels white amid their branching hair. Though here at journey's end I lie in darkness buried deep, beyond all towers strong and high, beyond all mountains steep, above all shadows rides the Sun and Stars for ever dwell: I will not say the Day is done, nor bid the Stars farewell. __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.