The road goes ever on - part 1

Donald Swann's settings of songs from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings sung by William Elvin. Still pictures from LotR and views of Wales, Hungary, Britain, etc.

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Music

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• Tolkien
• Swann
• Lord
• of
• Rings
• Elvin

[AGWarren]

5/5

Starting to read the GIGANTIC book actually, im on the chapter called "A Knife in the Dark"

[athb4hu]

Enjoy! I first read it when I was at university, in about 1974. My uncle first bought me The Hobbit, as a kid, though. Must have been in the sixties.

[captainhunter123]

cheers mate, nice song, where can i find the lyrics? lots of different versions of this poem and i cant seem to find this one...

[athb4hu]

The poems for these two songs are found in the Lord of the Rings, book 1 (Fellowship of the Ring), chapter 3 (Three is company). They are on pages 72 and 76 in the edition I have.

Hope this helps!

[andy119898]

I like a little bit the version of the LOTR movies althought is jus a little piece...I always wondered how to sing this in my mind...unfortunately i got the movie's version stuck on my head

BTW ...gr8 video

[athb4hu]

The music from the movie is great, this is just from a different age.

[abblover46]

@sethisawesome yes then the estimated amount of pages would be 900 to 1000

[sethisawesome]

@abblover46 You are referring to the individual volumes. I am referring to the entire text of The Lord of the Rings.

[abblover46]

@sethisawesome  no actually thiere only around the three hundreds

[edejan]

I bought this album when it first came out and also the sheet music. This is the only music I hear when I think of Tolkein. The movie music is beautiful, but Swann's songs capture the true spirit of each individual poem. Thank you for uploading this. I've missed these song so much in recent years.

[sethisawesome]

@siaxtrain The Lord of the Rings is like 1000 pages.

[edejan]

I have the album and music from Donald Swann and his music for Tolkein is my favorite. It has a classical feel which I think suits the books. The modern ones are more "celtic" and ethereal in spirit. But Swann captured the earthiness of the hobbits, along with the airiness of the elves. Absolutely LOVE this song and the others on the album. Four thumbs up!!

[siaxtrain]

@athb4hu

i first read it in it was 3rd or 4th grade and i finished it in a baout two weeks

[siaxtrain]

@AGWarren

its not gigantic its onlylike 300 pages at the most thats a short book for me

[Roxyjackson91]

Where I could find the CD? (I'm Italian)

[Bommalomma2]

@AGWarren I envy you. Enjoy your stay in Middle Earth for as long as you can make it last.

Also, tips for further reading:

The Genesis Shannara - Terry Brooks

The Wheel Of Time - Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

The Redemption of Althalus - David and Leigh Eddings