Christopher Lee sings Treebeard´s Song

"Those were the broad days! Time was when I could walk and sing all day and hear no more than the echo of my own voice in the hollow hills. The woods were like the woods of Lothlórien, only thicker, stronger, younger. And the smell of the air! I used to spend a week just breathing."
Treebeard fell silent, striding along, and yet making hardly a sound with his great feet. Then he began to hum again, and passed into a murmuring chant. Gradually the hobbits became aware that he was chanting to them:

In the willow-meads of Tasarinan I walked in the Spring.
Ah! the sight and the smell of the Spring in Nan-tasarion!
And i said that was good.
I wandered in Summer in the elm-woods of Ossiriand.
Ah! the light and the music in the Summer by the Seven Rivers of Ossir!
And i thought that was best.
To the beeches of Neldoreth I came in the Autumn.
Ah! the gold and the red and the sighing of leaves in the Autumn in
Taur-na-neldor!
It was mor than my desire.
To the pine-trees upon the highland of Dorthonion I climbed in the Winter.
Ah! the wind and the whiteness and the black braches of Winter upon
Orod-na-Thô n!
My voice went up and sang in the sky.
And now all those lands lie under the wave,
And I walk in Ambaró na, in Tauremorna, in Aldaló më.
In my own land, in the country of Fangorn,
Where the roots are long.
And the years lie thicker than the leaves
In Taremornaló më.


Music by Caspar Reiff & Peter Hall
From the CD-box
"The Tolkien Ensemble & Christopher Lee - Complete Songs & Poems"

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[bricktom]

this is, like, speed metal for an ent!

[theredhabagatshow]

i listened to this song, fell asleep, and turned into a shrub.

[TheNawshit]

Eeeeeevil!

[Manowarrior1992]

COUNT DOKU or SARUMAN, like one of the characters or both, just fucking movielegends !

[ignorantpom]

It was a very good year.

[michaunet]

Saruman forever ....

[ElleLarissa]

@Seregfaroth CL is th ultimate master!!!!!

[999tosia]

Chills ran up to me! amazing, wonderful, magic, beutiful, nice, great! I love his voice :D

[Mewlie]

@Mroyy12345

Before Saruman turned evil, he nurtured the forests and cared for the trees. He was a white wizard after all.

[Mroyy12345]

why do they have saruman singing Treebeards song? It was Saruman that cut down the forests of the ents!! Punishment, maybe??

[Seregfaroth]

@Ninjacat160 I 100% agree with you. People usually compare him with Ian McKellen. And while he is a pretty chill guy, too... Christopher Lee is just so much more... a gentleman. If you know what I mean. CL isn't just an actor. He always seemed like a enjoy-er of life to me, admiring all the beautiful things, being happy with what is given to him, but still not defying his dreams.

[Ninjacat160]

@Seregfaroth Christopher Lee is my favorite actor and I absolutely love his singing voice.