[Bêthberry]

Sadly, there were minstrels whose songs were forgotten by the Shirelings, who sang once at Penny Delving and were never invited back. Often their songs were said to be as strange as news from Bree. Once such itinerant singer was Otho Riddermarking. His song, "Sitting on the dock of Balafalas" reached number Nine on the charts at Lune and New March but such a feat was his only mark. Indeed, the song is remembered only by the more adventurous of the hobbits, those with some acquaintance with the Lays of TheNowLostLand.

Here, without more ado is his song of The 'Downing' of Numenor: Akïndamêss, the Caterwaulin'.

Sittin' in the darkenin' age
I'll be sittin' when the shadow comes
Watching the ships roll in
And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah

I'm sittin' on the dock of Balfalas
Watching Numenor roll away
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of Balfalas
Sundering seas.

I left my home in Barad-dur
Headed for Tolfalas bay
'Cause all I had was death to live for
And Amandil wasn't comin' my way

So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of Balafalas
Watching Numenor roll away
Ooo, I'm sittin' on the dock of Balfalas
Sundering seas.

Look like everything's gonna change
Nothin's gonna remain the same
I can't do what Morgoth tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same, yes

Sittin' here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
It's two thousand miles I roamed
But I can't make Aman my home

Now, I'm just gonna sit at the dock of Balfalas
Watching Numenor roll away
Oooo-wee, sittin' on the dock of Balfalas
Seeing the circles of the world pass away.