Not feeling too confident about this after my previous very hasty guess but I reckon it's worth a shot.
Quote:
I met the merry travellers,
tale-weaving ravellers,
On word of the deceivers,
lying, spying reivers.
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I guess this could be referring to when Frodo and company catch up with Saruman on the way back to the Shire.
Quote:
Took them with no tumult,
just ridicule and insult.
Questioned by an old friend,
hope they'll bring it to an end.
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He is questioned by Gandalf but answers with insults.
Quote:
Next day all marching,
footsore, hot and parching.
Missing the old Dragon's lair,
days of old without a care.
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I bet Ortanc was pretty comfy, as far as lairs go...
Quote:
If I steal off like a cat,
I'll go home and change my hat.
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Ihe incident in Fangorn, perhaps?