Sir 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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[kavkazip]

27 Orcs successfully escaped the fall of Isengaurd and disliked this video. 

[Will Comber]

There is no curse in Elvish, Entish or the tongues of Men for this treachery.

[ShitWood43]

Oh the irony in this song

[Daniel Bundrick]

On second thought, let's not go to Fangorn. It is a silly place.

[WhaleboyProductions1]

I watched all of the discs on the lord of the rings exteneded edition and when he recited the words on the ring in the language its was amazing

[SeverMetal]

Is that shown in the first movie? I can't remember Dáin made an appearance.

[7thStringTy]

Who knew that Count Dooku could sing...

[Derpy Di]

Ya that is actually something i hate about the Hobbit movie. An that they put out Dáin II Ironfoot as an some kind of traitor to his kin.

[Amber Nite]

Dang saruman can sing

[GreekPiranha]

Christopher lee has actually met tolkien in person!

[SeverMetal]

I apologize then. Your comment just seemed sarcastic to me, especially because of the "double check" remark. Anyway, it's hard to tell on the internet whether someone's sarcastic or not. Most of the time they are :P

[Sarper Soher]

Why would you think I was being sarcastic? I was wrong and I'm glad someone corrected me there.