J.R.R. Tolkien sings 'Troll Sat Alone On His Seat Of Stone'

[Aldris247]

He's got a fine Irish accent on him there. 

[DemiathDoomhammer]

It sounds like he's really havin' a good time, reading this, almost as if he was dancing around in his library with a half-full glass in his hand.. lol

[GeneralNerd]

Interesting. Some of the words are different. I do know the Lord of the Rings was edited to be more consistent more than once; most notably he probably changed the names because John and Jim don't work as hobbit names.

[AndrewzDescent]

Jesus, people...this is what happens when Americans become the dominant English-speakers, everything becomes sexual and idiotic. -_-

[vampirehunteramanda]

@AndrewzDescent I respectfully disagree, friend. This is when the immature English speakers become the majority of posters. >_< I am an American in my twenties who bothers to read the old classics such as Beowulf and other such works. Never once do I attach sexual meanings to these songs.

Huzzah for J.R.R Tolkien! Namarie!

[kobidobidog]

@vampirehunteramanda Pray tell what is wrong with sexual? Please tell me. Would it be we thought about war in the way you are repulsed by sexual innuendo.

[vampirehunteramanda]

@kobidobidog There is nothing wrong with sexual expression, nor did I state it was revolting in any way. I merely stated my annoyance over immature viewers who automatically giggled over the current usage of the word boner and not even bothering to realise Tolkien meant something completely different. I apologise if I wasn't clearer in my explanation.

[kobidobidog]

@vampirehunteramanda I forgive you. What else can I do?

[RojoDiablo1]

thi is from hobbit am i right?

[SingularityEmulator]

@RojoDiablo1 No this is Sam singing in The Fellowship Ch 12 Flight to the ford

[blakewtf]

Are the lyrics from one of the books?

[451ianDragonist]

Here's one thing I never got: how did Tom know that the bone the troll was gnawing on was his uncle's? Did it have some sort of distinctive marking on it or something?

[marsmooncoconut]

Have you noticed what letters are "hidden" in that J.R.R.Tolkien's sign? ;)

[leeham991]

Ahh... So Trolls are Northerners?

[Samalamadooda]

I love Tolkien. He was a genious beyond all doubt!! A great linguist too! I'm trying to learn one of his 14 languages, but I'm. Not getting very far on it.

[Welther47]

With the bone he boned from its owner.

Doner! BONER?

[andrewhaugen22]

Right boner used to mean thief. The troll ate his leg therefore he stole it. Thats why he says boner at the end of this poem. "The bone he boned from his owner".

[UmbraMusha]

Magnific

[CaptPoco]

Hmmm this version seems different. Tom is called John and the Uncle seems to be called Jim. Likewise, the three rhyming nonsense words are all wrong.

[Matt571]

I wonder as well why the names and nonsense words are different in this version? Still, it is brilliant and I love hearing Tolkien singing in a rustic accent!

[cwsonline]

This is not J.R.R. Tolkien singing btw.

[CaptPoco]

@cwsonline You got any proof? Or perhaps the name of the bloke actually singing? Or is this just idle speculation?

[ksulmo]

thanks for the recording I like it

I think this is a early version of the song it doesn't match the book

[ApollonAcheus]

Tolkien is great and he even has humor!!!

[drunkboxer]

this is my jam right here son

[peacecanhappen27]

Haha! this is great! wow! he was a talented man indeed!

P.S. "boner" didn't have the connotation that it does now otherwise he probably wouldn't have said it. lol!

[Themightyblunghole]

uhuhuhuhuh [in butthead vioce] he said boner

[ApollonAcheus]

@Themightyblunghole

your childish idiot!

[rodog69]

*You're*

[MorgaineLeFair]

He was not a great writer and an outstanding linguist, as we can see, he had a good voice too :)

[jurjenmolen]

Not only, you presumably mean?

[MorgaineLeFair]

ooops))) yeah)) sorry. Such a stupid mistake

[martyiero]

Il testo di questa canzone si trova ne: Le Avventure di Tom Bombadil???

[WatchMaker38]

I was reading LotR when I read the verse "With the bone he boned from its owner. Doner! Boner!"

I had to look it up. lol

[Laurelindo]

No way, did he write music for his verses as well? XD

[ASHLEYNICHOLE1314]

LOVE IT

[dannycheesums]

lol he said boner

[HockeyfanX94]

Yeah, he did, but it's not funny.

Back when this was written, almost every word in the English language didn't mean something bad.

[NobuyukiHiyama]

Exactly like how fags meant cigs or cigars or pipes, smoking utinsels in general I presume.

[ariaelwen]

To be fair, I know lots of people who smoke fags and we're only in our early 20's late teens in some cases. So technically fags still does mean that, although in the US it's a different case. ;)

[NobuyukiHiyama]

Oh beleive me I know, I dont even remember what I said. I thought what you thought.

[shitzulovey]

My older sis taught me this song, I sang it to my daughters, this is the first time I have heard JRR sing it. thank you.

[Subway0001]

this is allmost priceless now, thanks for sharing it with the world.

[WaiseHail]

thank you for adding this.

[marumoro]

cool

[Th0masBivens]

excellent, hobbit.

[SmileKurenai]

fantastic XD

[WeaslysWizardWeezes]

yup

[WeaslysWizardWeezes]

tolken gave Sam kinda a hilander accent

[giglibau]

true...tolkien is legendary

[gatheringoflight]

One of the coolest and funniest hobbit songs, thanx for posting

[marquilla]

Many many thanks for adding this!

splendid!

[orcinus74]

haha! i always wondered how this went. :D

this is great.

[daleksith]

Well, that's a warning to us all!

[Gawaine687]

well as chamberofrecords put what was in the book, this must be an earlier version of the song, as tolkien did do a fair piece of revising. i learned the tune for this and all the other songs from the great rob inglis who did the audio books, but this is wonderful as well. well, its tolkien singing it, so it would be.

[chamberofrecords]

Indeed, I accidentally copy-pasted the wrong version. As you say, the text to the right is from the book, and the audio an earlier version.

[billk1able]

Most of Tolkien's recording come from a summer he spent at a friend's house. The friend had a recording device and Tolkien (after saying the Lord's Prayer in Gothic to exorcise it) fell in love with the device. He used the machine to record readings from his uncompleted sequel to The Hobbit.

[omfgapolarbear]

you got a ton of the lyrics wrong, but otherwise, i love it!

[rodog69]

Actually he copied the lyrics from the book. Tolkien changed them as he read it would seem.

[ondotambaro]

Or else these are the original lyrics, possibly. Tolkien is "notorious" for always emending and changing details.

[ondotambaro]

Or else these are the original lyrics, possibly. Tolkien is "notorious" for always emending and changing details.

[TinorialPeredhil]

I adore this song! LOL I've had it memorized since I read the books. Now the Master himself is reading it! Go Tolkien!

[ElGronda]

tolkien is a maaster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rodog69]

HAHA he said, Boner! sorry for my maturity but anyways this is awesome

[blackwidowstudio]

Anyone noticed that the spoken words don't quite match the written ones?. So ja that be Tolkein alright.

[admin1728]

Awesome!

[pippinsbabe]

i love this song! my grandpa loved lotr and he used to sing this to me as a lullaby when i was a little lass!!

[uzickismrad]

@pippinsbabe liar

[Serena2009ification]

@pippinsbabe

Your grandpa sounds like mine.....cool, but slightly warped. (No offense meant.....you should have heard some of the stuff my grandpa sang to ME. How many six-year-olds do you think know the words to 'Rye Whiskey'?)

Grandpas are awesome.

[lattetown]

This isn't Tolkien singing, it's a BBC actor

[inuyashamaniac1]

that is Tolkien. He has that voice, that strange voice that is almost un understandable. He has that same draw to his voice. Atleast, I think it is him.

[iyammatt]

it could be, to me it sounds very much like tolkiens voice if it isn't him....

[Jarlaxle898]

It is Tolkien. His voice is far clearer when he is reading out loud.

[HuLadjuf]

Według mnie Tolkien jest najlepszym z pisarzy. Stworzył bardzo ciekawe i mądre dzieła i cieszmy się z tego, że możemy czytać jego prace ;)

[culululu7]

i always knew the irish came from Trolls!

[moustachian]

Ring a dong dillo!

[masterofmetallica09]

Great Man, he sounded a bit like a dwarf.

[endormathom]

Delightful man DIVINE AUTHOR¡¡¡♥♥

[inuyashamaniac1]

Tolkien was a good author. Singing wasn't really his fortay, but he was still a great man.

[Flanclanman]

I agree, lol. What is it with these idiots putting thumbs down...

[piscadil]

Good performer, but Siman Cal would have a good time with him.

[Dequeen]

thihi he said boner ^^ nah just kidding a great man he was.

[monoand34]

a lot of the lines written in the video description are different from what Tolkien actually says (like in the 3rd and 5th stanzas)

this must be an earlier version because "tim" and "tom" have been changed to "jim" and "john"

[halowow]

he needs some music

[AlatarMorinehtar]

Chamberofrecords if I may ask are the recordings you post of Tolkien reading excerpts from his writings taken from The J.R.R. Tolkien audio collection?

[chamberofrecords]

I have no idea if they're part of a collection or not.

[berittan]

Wow...thank you so much for posting this! What a treat to hear the master himself singing!

[metalissue]

HE'S A MASTER!

[rbgtr]

I agree w/c55. Tolkien suspended our disbelief so well, that we adapted his subcreation into our world almost seamlessly.

I wonder where this master of language and articulation would have stood in today's world. Or where it would have stood in his. How he would have dueled with the technocracy, which I perceive, he was totally against, since some of LOTR was a rebellion against the industrial age. That incarnation was Mordor. And Isenguard (sp?) Get my thinking?

[theophilus1985]

yeah. read his letters.

[maywenearedhel]

Yeah, so? Get your head out of the gutter and enjoy the song.

[lonegecko]

Technically, he's correct.

[jkibler1112]

Shut up Beavis!

[Graenzig]

fabtastic! is this really tolkien?

anyway 5/5 stars.

[chamberofrecords]

Yep, it is him. Check my other clips for more, and stay tuned: more is coming.

[cuchulain55]

he really sounds alot like an old englishmen singing a traditional ballad.:) which i guess he was.:)  doing exactly that.:)