LotR meets Christmas carols - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Arwen Imladris · 10-12-2002, 09:25 PM

O.K. This is a song by Knight of Gondor, he put it in the movies The Twelve Days of Christmas: Waiting for The Two Towers anyway, We thought that it should also go here. Feel free to post any christmas LOTR songs.

Here it is. Pretty good, eh?

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Okay, it was madness, sheer madness that made me decide to adapt The Twelve Days of Christmas to Lord of the Rings, but I'm sure some of you will get a big kick out of it. Here it is.

12 Days of Christmas: Waiting for The Two Towers

On the First day of waiting a big fan gave to me: A Ring to Rule Them All

On the second day of waiting a big fan gave to me: Two Frodo dolls and a Ring to Rule Them All

On the Third day of waiting a big fan gave to me: Three Elven Bows, Two Frodo dolls, and a Ring to Rule Them All

On the Fourth day of waiting a big fan gave to me: Four pointy ears, Three Elven Bows, Two Frodo dolls, and a Ring to Rule Them All

On the Fifth day of waiting a big fan gave to me: FIVE GOLDEN RINGS Four pointy ears, Three Elf-Bows, Two Frodo dolls, and a Ring to Rule Them All

On the Sixth day of waiting a big fan gave to me: Six orcs a’fightin’, : FIVE GOLDEN RINGS Four pointy ears, Three Elf-Bows, Two Frodo dolls, and a Ring to Rule Them All

On the Seventh day of waiting a big fan gave to me: Seven Dwarven Rings Six orcs a’fightin’, FIVE GOLDEN RINGS, Four pointy ears, Three Elf-Bows, Two Frodo dolls, and a Ring to Rule Them All

On the Eighth day of waiting, a big fan gave to me: Eight Rohan-Riders Seven Dwarven Rings, Six orcs a’fightin’, FIVE GOLDEN RINGS, Four pointy ears, Three Elf-Bows, Two Frodo dolls, and a Ring to Rule Them All

On the Ninth day of waiting, a big fan gave to me: Nine Nazgûl, Eight Rohan-Riders, Seven Dwarven Rings, Six orcs a’fightin’, FIVE GOLDEN RINGS, Four pointy ears, Three Elf-Bows, Two Frodo dolls, and a Ring to Rule Them All

On the Tenth day of waiting, a big fan gave to me: Ten bouts with Gollum, Nine Nazgûl, Eight Rohan-Riders, Seven Dwarven Rings, Six orcs a’fightin’, FIVE GOLDEN RINGS, Four pointy ears, Three Elf-Bows, Two Frodo dolls, and a Ring to Rule Them All

On the Eleventh day of waiting, a big fan gave to me: Eleven moving forests, Ten bouts with Gollum, Nine Nazgûl, Eight Rohan-Riders, Seven Dwarven Rings, Six orcs a’fightin’, FIVE GOLDEN RINGS, Four pointy ears, Three Elf-Bows, Two Frodo dolls, and a Ring to Rule Them All

On the Twelfth day of waiting, a big fan gave to me: 12 LOYAL HOBBITS... Eleven moving forests, Ten bouts with Gollum, Nine Nazgûl, Eight Rohan-Riders, Seven Dwarven Rings, Six orcs a’fightin’, FIVE GOLDEN RINGS, Four pointy ears, Three Elf-Bows, Two Frodo dolls...aaand a Riiiing to Ruuuuule Them Alllllll!

It's kinda rough, and it needs some adjustment, but I thought I'd throw it out there before someone else thought it up.

Diamond18 · 10-13-2002, 11:42 AM

Whew, I thought I would never come up with a halfway good idea for this one, but after minimal thought, here's something anyway...

Rudolph, the red-nosed Ringwraith
Had a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw it
You would even say it glows

All of the other Ringwraiths
They used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any Ringwraith games

Then one foggy Mordor night,
Sauron came to say:
"Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you find my Ring tonight?"

Then all the Ringwraiths loved him
As they shouted out with glee
Rudolph the red-nosed Ringwraith
You'll go down in history!

Hey! It's something isn't it? [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Raefindel · 10-13-2002, 01:22 PM

Great job, ladies! I enjoyed those, and I'll see what I can come up with myself.

gralin musicteeth · 10-13-2002, 01:58 PM

OH Mordor Night...
the orcs are brutally fighting
sauron is sad because he lost his ring.

there's a big spider
who likes to eat little hobbits
and one big eye that is lookintheotherway

and at the gates Gandalf is slowly talking
to the Mouth of Sauron, this really ugly dude...

don't Faaaaall off the mount
sam might give you a piggy back
oh throw the ring in..
don't keep it for your self.

throooow iiiit iiin dammit!
or maybe gollum
will do it for yooooooooou!!!!

it's lame, but oh well

Raefindel · 10-13-2002, 02:26 PM

No! I liked it,gralin .Do you really want your name spelled in the lower case? Welcome to the Downs.

Celebmornie · 10-13-2002, 05:58 PM

Those are really good!

Knight of Gondor · 10-15-2002, 08:30 PM

Well...these are...interesting. Rudolph could use a little more adapting...throw a Sauron and Ringwraith and Mordor in thar, but otherwise...

I'll see if I can't whip something else up in my spare time. (Which I may have a BIT more of, now that I'm through with the PSAT!)

But...no, we can't adapt O Holy Night. It's too beautiful. We can use it for an Elvish song (such as the song of Nimrodel), but we can't make it silly. 'Tis a desecration.

Diamond18 · 10-16-2002, 09:59 AM

O Knight of Song Critics...be careful, you'll find a great deal of shocking desecration in Middle-earth Mayhem.

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Lady_Galadriel · 10-16-2002, 05:02 PM

Those are all so awsome!!!!

Coral · 10-16-2002, 06:10 PM

Jingle bells
Sauron Smells
Frodo found a ring
Gandalf told him goodbye go
Off to mordor now
Hey

He went through the shire
Off to the town of bree
Met a ranger name strider
Went to weather top

Oh then they went to rivendell
Sat in a council
Then they went to Moria
Got chased by a balrog

TBC.....

hobbitlass · 10-16-2002, 07:56 PM

Okay Knight of Gondor, how is this...

Chain-mail rings, are you listenin'?
In the pits, blood is glistenin'.
It's a hideous sight,
We're fightin' tonight.
Walkin' in a Gondor wonderland.

In the meadow, we can build a big Grond,
and pretend that it is Parson Brown.
We'll have lots of fun with the big Grond,
until the Gondorlinies knock it down.

Later on we'll conspire.
Throw chopped off heads, along with fire.
It's a hideous sight,
We're fightin' tonight.
Walkin' in a Gondor wonderland.

-OR-

Jewish Saruman sings...
Orci Orci Orci
I made you out of clay
when you're born and ready
than killin' you will play.

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Knight of Gondor · 10-17-2002, 08:42 PM

Okay Hobbitlass, you elicited a grin on that one. But I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the Jewish song.

Artanis · 10-17-2002, 08:55 PM

It's the dredle song... you know
Dredle, Dredle, Dredle,
I made you out of clay,
Dredle, Dredle, Dredle,
and with you I will play...

and so on and so forth... I'm not Jewish, but I did watch the Sherri Lweis show as a kid...

Diamond18 · 10-18-2002, 11:00 AM

It's actually spelled dreidel and it is this:

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1: a 4-sided toy marked with Hebrew letters and spun like a top in a game of chance
2: a children's game of chance played esp. at Hanukkah with a dreidel
(C)1996 Zane Publishing, Inc. and Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. All rights reserved.

Well I was going to mention I got that from my computer dictionary, but I see that they took care of all the pertinent information themselves. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

(I'd post another song, but all the ones I know well enough to manipulate are sacred hymns and I ain't going there.)

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hobbitlass · 10-18-2002, 12:48 PM

Hahaha! I say that all is fair in love and desecrating christmas carols! [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

Knight of Gondor, I am glad to have put a grin on your face. And where is YOUR carol that you promised us?

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DarkRose · 10-19-2002, 04:13 PM

Hey those are all great! You people are really clever. Well, here is what my brother and I can conduct:

Up on the rooftop Gandalf crawls,
not imprisoned by doors or walls.

Stuck up there by that great height,
Gandalf sits staring into the night.

No no no
he couldn't go.

On the quest
with poor Frodo

Up comes Saruman click click click
Jump on the eagle quick quick quick!

[That referred to when Gandalf is trapped on the roof of Orthanc. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img])

Twas' a bit rough, heh, but oh well.

Oh, and if anyone couldn't tell, that was made from the carol 'Up on the Rooftop'. Except in the real carol, of course, it talked about Santa Clause. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

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Diamond18 · 10-19-2002, 05:43 PM

I loved that one, DarkRose!

Man, I am going to have to try thinking of another one...maybe go out and rifle through my ancient easy piano Christmas music books...

Kalimac · 10-20-2002, 01:24 AM

It's late, but here's my effort:

[For Celeborn and Galadriel]

We two Elves of Lorien are
Bearing gifts for those from afar
Travelers weary, stay and tarry
Here with the Morning Star.

[chorus]
Oh Ring of Power, Ring of Might,
Ring of deadly beauty bright
This weapon dark with Sauron's mark
Would it had never seen the light.

Earth is thine, thou Gardener strong
Though you may have to keep it long
Before the day when thou canst say
This earth shall heal thy homeland's wrong.

A strand of gold I give to thee
Thou Dwarf, so that the world may see
That though your race here may not pass
Yet still I say you may love me.

A captured star I shall bestow
Upon the bearer, who shall know
A torment grim in caverns dim
But this shall aid when all lights go.

Oh Ring of Power, Ring of Might
Ring of deadly beauty bright
This weapon dark with Sauron's mark
Would it had never seen the light.

Orodoliel · 10-20-2002, 02:45 AM

I haven't actually written it but...

O Christmas Tree = O Mallorn Tree

Anastasia · 10-20-2002, 03:42 AM

I dont know if this qualifies as a carol but,

I'm dreaming of the one riiing
Just like the one I used to own
Which kills men so their blood glistens
And their scared children listen
To hear my Nazgul come along....

I'm dreaming of the one riiiiing
With every creature that I kill
May your days be extra scareee
And may all your riiings come to me

Whaddaya think?

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Diamond18 · 10-20-2002, 01:17 PM

Funny! Twisted, but funny.

Now I'll try again:

Here comes Saruman, here comes Saruman,
Chopping down Bag-shot row!
Men and Orcs, they call him 'Sharks',
He's coming for you, you know!

(Lame, lousey, I know.) [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]

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Knight of Gondor · 10-20-2002, 03:19 PM

Hey! I like some of these. At least, the adaptation of We Three Kings. I'll give you a list of some of the ones I came up with this weekend, and you all pick which one you want me to work on first.

Perhaps Good King Theoden? Or does Deck the Halls with boughs of mithril sound better? Let me look at this Christmas hymn book...okay, choose your pick.
"While Treebeard watched his flock by day", the rest of this would be something like "while watching all aroo-ound two hobbits came wal-king about, and stumbled on the ground...AND stumbled ON the ground. Oh,
"Hark! the Wraith’s last cry is shouted,
hail Dernhelm, the Victor’ous! (Hark! The Hereld Angels Sing)

Or how about "O come, little hob-bits, oh come, one and all. To Bag-End, to Frodo, so kingly and tall" (That one was a little more off the beaten path, it's called O Come Little Children) Or how about “Frodo take your lit-tle sword, Samwise bring your pans aaand come, there are orcs a’bustin’ in, wham-whack-bang-crash-boom, pat-a-pat-a-PAN, Samwise whacked an orc, now he’s gettin’ the hang of iiiiiit”

No, no, wait, how’s this? “Jolly old Saint Mithranir, Thrust your staff this way!”

And let’s not even MENTION what I could do with “I Saw Three Ships” in respect to the fleet that Aragorn captured and used to rescue Gondor.

I’m being BOMBARDED with inspiration! How about “Nazgûl we have heard on high, sourly crying o’er the plains”

Any more ideas? I don't always have time, but when I do, I could cook up some more of these. Oh, how about "Away on a dark stair, no place for a bed...the lit-tle Ringbearer lay down his sweet head...that menace Smeagol comes back with a plan...but nearly repents when he sees him with Sam." (That, of course, is Away in a Manger.)

I have to stop! I'm getting Christmas fever!!!

gralin musicteeth · 10-20-2002, 04:48 PM

I apologise if I offended anyone with my desecration. i suppose the little hobbit boy wouldn't earn me any favour.... [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

Knight of Gondor · 10-20-2002, 07:54 PM

Not really...but you are forgiven. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Diamond18 · 10-20-2002, 08:06 PM

"Good King Theoden looked out, on the fields of Rohan"...Hm, I like that one. Work on that one. Then do "I saw three ships".

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To Bag-End, to Frodo, so kingly and tall

Am I missing something? Frodo, TALL?

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InklingElf · 10-20-2002, 08:10 PM

hehehe harharhar! sry I'm a spectator and Iwant to see more! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] keep on keeping on! :;giggle:: ehehehe

Brinniel · 10-20-2002, 09:32 PM

Here's my attempt. Sorry if it sounds dumb. I'm not much of a songwriter.

(To the tune of "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" sung by Gandalf)

Frodo Baggins; come here lad
Lean your ear this way
Don't you tell a single soul
What I'm gonna say
Nine Ringwraiths are coming soon
They are looking for your ring
You must flee from Hobbiton
And destroy it if you can

Samwise has been eavesdropping
He will come with you
Into Mordor you will go
And destroy the ring
Many troubles will pass you
Orcs and trolls and wraiths
Just make sure you complete the task
And save Middle-earth

Knight of Gondor · 10-21-2002, 08:49 PM

Here's some more ideas I'm throwing out.

(Tune: While by my sheep I watched at Night) Climb mountain steep, creep up by night, Ringbearer small, we know your plight, how great our hope (great our hope) HOPE HOPE HOPE! (Second verse) Come from afar with three small friends, he now will take from us this sin!

Next tune: O Christmas Tree. O Numenor, O Numenor how fair was thine White Tree-ee.

Next: O Come All Ye Faithful. O Come All ye Swarthy, skilled fight-ers of Gonnn-dor, O come ye, o come ye to de-fend Helm's Deep.

Here's just the title...I'm not sure if I can make any/all of these work, really. O Little Town of Hobbiton.

Or how about (What Child is This?) What Man is this, this Aragorn? (Perhaps from a Boromir standpoint)

Okay, (Bring A Torch, Jenette Isabella) BRING a sword, Legolas and Gimli, BRING a sword Boromir's 'bout to fall.

(Ding-dong Merrily on High) Screaming Horribly On High...the Ringwraiths all are screaming.

(Go, Tell it on the Mountain) Go! Throw it off a mountain, travel the dark road to Mount DOOM

(Lo, How a Rose E'er blooming...no Orlando Bloom jokes here) Lo, how a hero's blooming...Samwise the gardner hath sprung.

That's all, and that's enough. Take a vote or something, but I don't know if I'll be able to make them fit to a total song or not. Oh! Here's my completed version for Away on a Dark Stair (Away in a Manger)

Away on a dark stair, no place for a bed,
The Little Ringbearer lay down his sweet head
That menace Smeagol came back with a plan
But nearly repented when he saw him with Sam

A change came o’er Gollum, an old thing became
His malice rescinded, his plan was his shame
Then Samwise awoke and shouted at him there
Then Frodo awakened there on that dark stair

Gollum’s plan so wicked was back in his mind
To lead the poor hobbits for Shelob to bind
But Frodo, heroic, pulled his Elven Light
And Shelob backed off not expecting a fight

I was going to continue, but I couldn't find a rhyme for "web", and I felt I should keep it to it's original three verses.

Knight of Gondor · 10-23-2002, 08:51 PM

Well?

hobbitlass · 10-23-2002, 09:19 PM

Away on the dark stairs put a tear in my eye.
And I would like to see Go throw it off the mountain totally done. It makes me laugh.

Diamond18 · 10-23-2002, 10:56 PM

*ahem* I am still waiting for your renditions of "Good King Theoden" and "I Saw Three Ships."

Arwen1858 · 10-24-2002, 03:11 PM

Oh, Kalimac, yours was so good!! I'm going to try to write one later and see what I come up with. I'll post it on here if I think of anything.
Arwen

hey, I just got promoted!! I'm a Haunting Spirit instead of an animated skeleton!

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Kalimac · 10-24-2002, 07:46 PM

Thank you, Arwen and Knight [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] . I think they're all pretty cool.

Is it OK if I co-opt the "I Saw Three Ships" idea later (I mean if no one posts anything on it in the meantime)? Somehow that one is really weirdly inspiring. How about something along the lines of "O Come All Ye Faithful"? (O come all ye ...um, hobbits I guess). Of course to be in the true spirit of the original it would have to be partly in Elvish which I don't know much of. How do you say "Joyful and triumphant" in Quenya?

Knight of Gondor · 10-24-2002, 08:37 PM

Okay, I confess, I don't really know the tune for I Saw Three Ships, except according to Mannheim Steamroller'sChristmas music. (Which is totally awesome!!!) And, while they have awesome tunes, they can't really be trusted for maintaining a tune's true properties.

And Good King Theoden has me a bit stumped. Don't get me wrong, I'm working on it, I'm just tryin' to get the verses all right and everything. Be patient! (I've also got another important thing to work on...Algebra II!!) [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

Kalimac · 10-24-2002, 09:33 PM

Oh, "Three Ships" isn't too hard. It just goes, Dah-DAH, dah-dah, dah-DAH-dah-dah...Oh, wait [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] . If you want to hear the original version of it, though, the Alfred Deller consortium has a nice recording of it and a lot of the other non-Muzak-oriented Christmas carols like "Lullay, lullay" and "Tomorrow Will Be My Dancing Day". (I'd love to do a Rings version of that, but was afraid not too many people would get it. Has anyone else heard it? John Rutter did a version of it as well).

Anyway, back to the topic - you don't really need the tune, just get a copy of the lyrics and try to write a poem that copies the meter, and the problem of fitting the tune should take care of itself.

[Kalimac dismounts from soapbox].

Anastasia · 10-25-2002, 11:36 AM

I just found this in my school hymn-book, don't you find it eerily relevant to LOTR?

Gabriel's message does away
Satan's curse and Satan's sway
Out of darkness brings our Day:
So, behold,
All the gates of heaven unfold

He that comes despised shall reign;
He that cannot die, be slain;
Death by death its death shall gain:

Weakness shall the strong confound;
By the hands, in grave-clothes wound,
Adam's chains shall be unbound:

By the sword that was his own,
By that sword and that alone,
Shall Goliath be o'erthrown:

Art by art shall be assailed;
To the cross shall life be nailed:
From the grave shall hope be hailed:

I think thats scary to be honest!

Arwen Imladris · 10-25-2002, 02:13 PM

Well, I have discovered that you can relate just about anything to LOTR, but I must admit that that song is pretty scary!

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By the sword that was his own,
By that sword and that alone,

hehehehehehe! [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Arwen1858 · 10-25-2002, 02:18 PM

You'd be amazed at how many things I relate to LOTR! I find a way to connect just about anything to it!!
Arwen

gralin musicteeth · 10-29-2002, 01:17 PM

(To the tune of Frosty the Snowman)

Frodo the Hobbit
Frodo the hobbit
was a jolly happy soul
until Gandalf came
and then explained
he must leave his hobbit hole.

Sammy went with him
and for Crickhollow they set
with their friend Pippin
cause Bilbo had to win
the riddle game with Gollum.

There must have been some magic in that old gold ring he got
and that's the reason why he had to leave his beloved spot.
OH!

Frodo the hobbit
got to Rivendell they say
and he made his way
both night and day
all the way to Orodruin.

poor frosty. what a desecration. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

LePetitChoux · 10-29-2002, 02:18 PM

I particularly (sp?) like the verse with

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He that comes despised shall reign;
He that cannot die, be slain;
Death by death its death shall gain

And if you change a few things in the 1st verse you get:

Galadriel's message does away
Sauron's curse and Sauron's sway
Out of darkness brings our Day:
So behold,
The gates of Mordor unfold.

I'm sorry for any disrespect... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[ October 29, 2002: Message edited by: LePetitChoux ]

10-13-2002, 11:42 AM	#2
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,493	Whew, I thought I would never come up with a halfway good idea for this one, but after minimal thought, here's something anyway... Rudolph, the red-nosed Ringwraith Had a very shiny nose And if you ever saw it You would even say it glows All of the other Ringwraiths They used to laugh and call him names They never let poor Rudolph Join in any Ringwraith games Then one foggy Mordor night, Sauron came to say: "Rudolph with your nose so bright Won't you find my Ring tonight?" Then all the Ringwraiths loved him As they shouted out with glee Rudolph the red-nosed Ringwraith You'll go down in history! Hey! It's something isn't it? [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

10-13-2002, 01:22 PM	#3
Raefindel Sword of the Spirit Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Washington State Posts: 1,323	Great job, ladies! I enjoyed those, and I'll see what I can come up with myself. __________________ Blessed be the Lord my Strength, Who trained my hands for war and my fingers to fight. Psallm 144:1

10-13-2002, 01:58 PM	#4
gralin musicteeth Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Tossing half-sick between grotesque reality and savage, frightening dreams Posts: 368	OH Mordor Night... the orcs are brutally fighting sauron is sad because he lost his ring. there's a big spider who likes to eat little hobbits and one big eye that is lookintheotherway and at the gates Gandalf is slowly talking to the Mouth of Sauron, this really ugly dude... don't Faaaaall off the mount sam might give you a piggy back oh throw the ring in.. don't keep it for your self. throooow iiiit iiin dammit! or maybe gollum will do it for yooooooooou!!!! it's lame, but oh well __________________ Where was the stooped and mealy-coloured old man I used to call Poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?

10-13-2002, 02:26 PM	#5
Raefindel Sword of the Spirit Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Washington State Posts: 1,323	No! I liked it,gralin .Do you really want your name spelled in the lower case? Welcome to the Downs. __________________ Blessed be the Lord my Strength, Who trained my hands for war and my fingers to fight. Psallm 144:1

10-13-2002, 05:58 PM	#6
Celebmornie Haunting Spirit Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: America Posts: 60	Those are really good! __________________ Celebmornie

10-15-2002, 08:30 PM	#7
Knight of Gondor Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 744	Well...these are...interesting. Rudolph could use a little more adapting...throw a Sauron and Ringwraith and Mordor in thar, but otherwise... I'll see if I can't whip something else up in my spare time. (Which I may have a BIT more of, now that I'm through with the PSAT!) But...no, we can't adapt O Holy Night. It's too beautiful. We can use it for an Elvish song (such as the song of Nimrodel), but we can't make it silly. 'Tis a desecration. __________________ Eagerly awaiting the REAL Return of the King - Jesus Christ! Revelation 19:11-16

10-16-2002, 09:59 AM	#8
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,493	O Knight of Song Critics...be careful, you'll find a great deal of shocking desecration in Middle-earth Mayhem. [ October 16, 2002: Message edited by: Diamond18 ] __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

10-16-2002, 05:02 PM	#9
Lady_Galadriel Wight Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Shire, Hobbiton, Middle Earth Posts: 135	Those are all so awsome!!!! __________________ " You can't toast me!"

10-16-2002, 06:10 PM	#10
Coral Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The wonderful (That was sarcastic) State of Maryland... Posts: 91	Jingle bells Sauron Smells Frodo found a ring Gandalf told him goodbye go Off to mordor now Hey He went through the shire Off to the town of bree Met a ranger name strider Went to weather top Oh then they went to rivendell Sat in a council Then they went to Moria Got chased by a balrog TBC..... __________________ Be spontaneous. Combust.

10-16-2002, 07:56 PM	#11
hobbitlass Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: next to the fire keeping warm Posts: 471	Okay Knight of Gondor, how is this... Chain-mail rings, are you listenin'? In the pits, blood is glistenin'. It's a hideous sight, We're fightin' tonight. Walkin' in a Gondor wonderland. In the meadow, we can build a big Grond, and pretend that it is Parson Brown. We'll have lots of fun with the big Grond, until the Gondorlinies knock it down. Later on we'll conspire. Throw chopped off heads, along with fire. It's a hideous sight, We're fightin' tonight. Walkin' in a Gondor wonderland. -OR- Jewish Saruman sings... Orci Orci Orci I made you out of clay when you're born and ready than killin' you will play. [ October 16, 2002: Message edited by: hobbitlass ] [ October 16, 2002: Message edited by: hobbitlass ] [ October 17, 2002: Message edited by: hobbitlass ] __________________ Just because a person has the right to do something doesn't make it the right thing to do.

10-17-2002, 08:42 PM	#12
Knight of Gondor Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 744	Okay Hobbitlass, you elicited a grin on that one. But I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the Jewish song. __________________ Eagerly awaiting the REAL Return of the King - Jesus Christ! Revelation 19:11-16

10-17-2002, 08:55 PM	#13
Artanis Haunting Spirit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Wild (I just love solar powered computers, don't you? Posts: 53	It's the dredle song... you know Dredle, Dredle, Dredle, I made you out of clay, Dredle, Dredle, Dredle, and with you I will play... and so on and so forth... I'm not Jewish, but I did watch the Sherri Lweis show as a kid... __________________ Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Gandy!

10-18-2002, 12:48 PM	#15
hobbitlass Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: next to the fire keeping warm Posts: 471	Hahaha! I say that all is fair in love and desecrating christmas carols! [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] Knight of Gondor, I am glad to have put a grin on your face. And where is YOUR carol that you promised us? [ October 18, 2002: Message edited by: hobbitlass ] __________________ Just because a person has the right to do something doesn't make it the right thing to do.

10-19-2002, 04:13 PM	#16
DarkRose Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Sauron's Garden Posts: 157	Hey those are all great! You people are really clever. Well, here is what my brother and I can conduct: Up on the rooftop Gandalf crawls, not imprisoned by doors or walls. Stuck up there by that great height, Gandalf sits staring into the night. No no no he couldn't go. On the quest with poor Frodo Up comes Saruman click click click Jump on the eagle quick quick quick! [That referred to when Gandalf is trapped on the roof of Orthanc. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]) Twas' a bit rough, heh, but oh well. Oh, and if anyone couldn't tell, that was made from the carol 'Up on the Rooftop'. Except in the real carol, of course, it talked about Santa Clause. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [ October 19, 2002: Message edited by: DarkRose ] __________________ "All rivers go to the sea, yet never does the sea become full."

10-19-2002, 05:43 PM	#17
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,493	I loved that one, DarkRose! Man, I am going to have to try thinking of another one...maybe go out and rifle through my ancient easy piano Christmas music books... __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

10-20-2002, 01:24 AM	#18
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	It's late, but here's my effort: [For Celeborn and Galadriel] We two Elves of Lorien are Bearing gifts for those from afar Travelers weary, stay and tarry Here with the Morning Star. [chorus] Oh Ring of Power, Ring of Might, Ring of deadly beauty bright This weapon dark with Sauron's mark Would it had never seen the light. Earth is thine, thou Gardener strong Though you may have to keep it long Before the day when thou canst say This earth shall heal thy homeland's wrong. A strand of gold I give to thee Thou Dwarf, so that the world may see That though your race here may not pass Yet still I say you may love me. A captured star I shall bestow Upon the bearer, who shall know A torment grim in caverns dim But this shall aid when all lights go. Oh Ring of Power, Ring of Might Ring of deadly beauty bright This weapon dark with Sauron's mark Would it had never seen the light. __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.

10-20-2002, 02:45 AM	#19
Orodoliel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 61	I haven't actually written it but... O Christmas Tree = O Mallorn Tree __________________ "Well, I'm back."

10-20-2002, 03:42 AM	#20
Anastasia Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: London Posts: 91	I dont know if this qualifies as a carol but, I'm dreaming of the one riiing Just like the one I used to own Which kills men so their blood glistens And their scared children listen To hear my Nazgul come along.... I'm dreaming of the one riiiiing With every creature that I kill May your days be extra scareee And may all your riiings come to me Whaddaya think? [ October 20, 2002: Message edited by: Anastasia ] __________________ Aw, you've done grand, laddie! Now you know what you have to do: Burn the house down. Burn 'em all! ~The Leprechaun from The Simpsons.

10-20-2002, 01:17 PM	#21
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,493	Funny! Twisted, but funny. Now I'll try again: Here comes Saruman, here comes Saruman, Chopping down Bag-shot row! Men and Orcs, they call him 'Sharks', He's coming for you, you know! (Lame, lousey, I know.) [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] [ October 20, 2002: Message edited by: Diamond18 ] __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

10-20-2002, 03:19 PM	#22
Knight of Gondor Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 744	Hey! I like some of these. At least, the adaptation of We Three Kings. I'll give you a list of some of the ones I came up with this weekend, and you all pick which one you want me to work on first. Perhaps Good King Theoden? Or does Deck the Halls with boughs of mithril sound better? Let me look at this Christmas hymn book...okay, choose your pick. "While Treebeard watched his flock by day", the rest of this would be something like "while watching all aroo-ound two hobbits came wal-king about, and stumbled on the ground...AND stumbled ON the ground. Oh, "Hark! the Wraith’s last cry is shouted, hail Dernhelm, the Victor’ous! (Hark! The Hereld Angels Sing) Or how about "O come, little hob-bits, oh come, one and all. To Bag-End, to Frodo, so kingly and tall" (That one was a little more off the beaten path, it's called O Come Little Children) Or how about “Frodo take your lit-tle sword, Samwise bring your pans aaand come, there are orcs a’bustin’ in, wham-whack-bang-crash-boom, pat-a-pat-a-PAN, Samwise whacked an orc, now he’s gettin’ the hang of iiiiiit” No, no, wait, how’s this? “Jolly old Saint Mithranir, Thrust your staff this way!” And let’s not even MENTION what I could do with “I Saw Three Ships” in respect to the fleet that Aragorn captured and used to rescue Gondor. I’m being BOMBARDED with inspiration! How about “Nazgûl we have heard on high, sourly crying o’er the plains” Any more ideas? I don't always have time, but when I do, I could cook up some more of these. Oh, how about "Away on a dark stair, no place for a bed...the lit-tle Ringbearer lay down his sweet head...that menace Smeagol comes back with a plan...but nearly repents when he sees him with Sam." (That, of course, is Away in a Manger.) I have to stop! I'm getting Christmas fever!!! __________________ Eagerly awaiting the REAL Return of the King - Jesus Christ! Revelation 19:11-16

10-20-2002, 04:48 PM	#23
gralin musicteeth Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Tossing half-sick between grotesque reality and savage, frightening dreams Posts: 368	I apologise if I offended anyone with my desecration. i suppose the little hobbit boy wouldn't earn me any favour.... [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] __________________ Where was the stooped and mealy-coloured old man I used to call Poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?

10-20-2002, 07:54 PM	#24
Knight of Gondor Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 744	Not really...but you are forgiven. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Eagerly awaiting the REAL Return of the King - Jesus Christ! Revelation 19:11-16

10-20-2002, 08:10 PM	#26
InklingElf Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 419	hehehe harharhar! sry I'm a spectator and Iwant to see more! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] keep on keeping on! :;giggle:: ehehehe

10-20-2002, 09:32 PM	#27
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,999	Here's my attempt. Sorry if it sounds dumb. I'm not much of a songwriter. (To the tune of "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" sung by Gandalf) Frodo Baggins; come here lad Lean your ear this way Don't you tell a single soul What I'm gonna say Nine Ringwraiths are coming soon They are looking for your ring You must flee from Hobbiton And destroy it if you can Samwise has been eavesdropping He will come with you Into Mordor you will go And destroy the ring Many troubles will pass you Orcs and trolls and wraiths Just make sure you complete the task And save Middle-earth __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

10-21-2002, 08:49 PM	#28
Knight of Gondor Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 744	Here's some more ideas I'm throwing out. (Tune: While by my sheep I watched at Night) Climb mountain steep, creep up by night, Ringbearer small, we know your plight, how great our hope (great our hope) HOPE HOPE HOPE! (Second verse) Come from afar with three small friends, he now will take from us this sin! Next tune: O Christmas Tree. O Numenor, O Numenor how fair was thine White Tree-ee. Next: O Come All Ye Faithful. O Come All ye Swarthy, skilled fight-ers of Gonnn-dor, O come ye, o come ye to de-fend Helm's Deep. Here's just the title...I'm not sure if I can make any/all of these work, really. O Little Town of Hobbiton. Or how about (What Child is This?) What Man is this, this Aragorn? (Perhaps from a Boromir standpoint) Okay, (Bring A Torch, Jenette Isabella) BRING a sword, Legolas and Gimli, BRING a sword Boromir's 'bout to fall. (Ding-dong Merrily on High) Screaming Horribly On High...the Ringwraiths all are screaming. (Go, Tell it on the Mountain) Go! Throw it off a mountain, travel the dark road to Mount DOOM (Lo, How a Rose E'er blooming...no Orlando Bloom jokes here) Lo, how a hero's blooming...Samwise the gardner hath sprung. That's all, and that's enough. Take a vote or something, but I don't know if I'll be able to make them fit to a total song or not. Oh! Here's my completed version for Away on a Dark Stair (Away in a Manger) Away on a dark stair, no place for a bed, The Little Ringbearer lay down his sweet head That menace Smeagol came back with a plan But nearly repented when he saw him with Sam A change came o’er Gollum, an old thing became His malice rescinded, his plan was his shame Then Samwise awoke and shouted at him there Then Frodo awakened there on that dark stair Gollum’s plan so wicked was back in his mind To lead the poor hobbits for Shelob to bind But Frodo, heroic, pulled his Elven Light And Shelob backed off not expecting a fight I was going to continue, but I couldn't find a rhyme for "web", and I felt I should keep it to it's original three verses. __________________ Eagerly awaiting the REAL Return of the King - Jesus Christ! Revelation 19:11-16

10-23-2002, 08:51 PM	#29
Knight of Gondor Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 744	Well? __________________ Eagerly awaiting the REAL Return of the King - Jesus Christ! Revelation 19:11-16

10-23-2002, 09:19 PM	#30
hobbitlass Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: next to the fire keeping warm Posts: 471	Away on the dark stairs put a tear in my eye. And I would like to see Go throw it off the mountain totally done. It makes me laugh. __________________ Just because a person has the right to do something doesn't make it the right thing to do.

10-23-2002, 10:56 PM	#31
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,493	ahem I am still waiting for your renditions of "Good King Theoden" and "I Saw Three Ships." __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

10-24-2002, 03:11 PM	#32
Arwen1858 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gondor Posts: 516	Oh, Kalimac, yours was so good!! I'm going to try to write one later and see what I come up with. I'll post it on here if I think of anything. Arwen hey, I just got promoted!! I'm a Haunting Spirit instead of an animated skeleton! [ October 24, 2002: Message edited by: Arwen1858 ] __________________ Will Turner: "This is either madness or brilliance." Jack Sparrow: "It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide." ~ Pirates of the Caribbean

10-24-2002, 07:46 PM	#33
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	Thank you, Arwen and Knight [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] . I think they're all pretty cool. Is it OK if I co-opt the "I Saw Three Ships" idea later (I mean if no one posts anything on it in the meantime)? Somehow that one is really weirdly inspiring. How about something along the lines of "O Come All Ye Faithful"? (O come all ye ...um, hobbits I guess). Of course to be in the true spirit of the original it would have to be partly in Elvish which I don't know much of. How do you say "Joyful and triumphant" in Quenya? __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.

10-24-2002, 08:37 PM	#34
Knight of Gondor Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 744	Okay, I confess, I don't really know the tune for I Saw Three Ships, except according to Mannheim Steamroller'sChristmas music. (Which is totally awesome!!!) And, while they have awesome tunes, they can't really be trusted for maintaining a tune's true properties. And Good King Theoden has me a bit stumped. Don't get me wrong, I'm working on it, I'm just tryin' to get the verses all right and everything. Be patient! (I've also got another important thing to work on...Algebra II!!) [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] __________________ Eagerly awaiting the REAL Return of the King - Jesus Christ! Revelation 19:11-16

10-24-2002, 09:33 PM	#35
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	Oh, "Three Ships" isn't too hard. It just goes, Dah-DAH, dah-dah, dah-DAH-dah-dah...Oh, wait [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] . If you want to hear the original version of it, though, the Alfred Deller consortium has a nice recording of it and a lot of the other non-Muzak-oriented Christmas carols like "Lullay, lullay" and "Tomorrow Will Be My Dancing Day". (I'd love to do a Rings version of that, but was afraid not too many people would get it. Has anyone else heard it? John Rutter did a version of it as well). Anyway, back to the topic - you don't really need the tune, just get a copy of the lyrics and try to write a poem that copies the meter, and the problem of fitting the tune should take care of itself. [Kalimac dismounts from soapbox]. __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.

10-25-2002, 11:36 AM	#36
Anastasia Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: London Posts: 91	I just found this in my school hymn-book, don't you find it eerily relevant to LOTR? Gabriel's message does away Satan's curse and Satan's sway Out of darkness brings our Day: So, behold, All the gates of heaven unfold He that comes despised shall reign; He that cannot die, be slain; Death by death its death shall gain: Weakness shall the strong confound; By the hands, in grave-clothes wound, Adam's chains shall be unbound: By the sword that was his own, By that sword and that alone, Shall Goliath be o'erthrown: Art by art shall be assailed; To the cross shall life be nailed: From the grave shall hope be hailed: I think thats scary to be honest! __________________ Aw, you've done grand, laddie! Now you know what you have to do: Burn the house down. Burn 'em all! ~The Leprechaun from The Simpsons.

10-25-2002, 02:18 PM	#38
Arwen1858 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gondor Posts: 516	You'd be amazed at how many things I relate to LOTR! I find a way to connect just about anything to it!! Arwen __________________ Will Turner: "This is either madness or brilliance." Jack Sparrow: "It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide." ~ Pirates of the Caribbean

10-29-2002, 01:17 PM	#39
gralin musicteeth Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Tossing half-sick between grotesque reality and savage, frightening dreams Posts: 368	(To the tune of Frosty the Snowman) Frodo the Hobbit Frodo the hobbit was a jolly happy soul until Gandalf came and then explained he must leave his hobbit hole. Sammy went with him and for Crickhollow they set with their friend Pippin cause Bilbo had to win the riddle game with Gollum. There must have been some magic in that old gold ring he got and that's the reason why he had to leave his beloved spot. OH! Frodo the hobbit got to Rivendell they say and he made his way both night and day all the way to Orodruin. poor frosty. what a desecration. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ Where was the stooped and mealy-coloured old man I used to call Poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?