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The Ring​-​Bearer

from Songs Of Middle Earth by The Ring-Bearers

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Frodo was always going to be the hardest character to put into a film and this was definitely the weakest spot in the feted movies. Hobbit decency was the key to their ability to achieve things against all expectation: lacking worldly ambition; merciful by nature; considerate of others; valuing mateship and fairness; all thoroughly middle class English attributes. But Hobbits also had a toughness more worthy of Scots and it certainly was not boyish.

Hobbits were Tolkien’s lesson that only those who have no real concept of holding power over others are capable of resisting the lure of total control. Hobbits invariably found the trustworthy in Middle Earth by virtue of their openness and incorruptibility. Gandalf could only trust such a soul to destroy the ring, as even he could not have resisted its charms. No one but Hobbits would have tolerated Gollum up to the edge of the Crack of Doom, but their bumbling mercy was rewarded and Gollum finally played for good and regained his Precious, if ever so briefly.

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RING-BEARER

Nine fingers, the bravest hobbit
Who ever lived
His name was Frodo
The quest took all that he could give
Ring-bearer where's your smile
You'll be better in a while
The Eye of Sauron won't be seen again

From Bag End to Mordor
Black Riders screaming overhead
The end of the Fellowship
Across the Marshes Of the Dead
The Ring-bearer held his nerve
With only Sam and Sting to serve
Now you're safe you'll soon forget the pain

But some horrors never end
Some wounds will never mend
Be patient till you reach the Havens

The treachery of Smeagol
Many times your mercy stilled your hand
Survived the sting of Shelob
Entered then the dark and barren land
The Ring-bearer felt the weight
The force of evil close and great
Only one so humble could stay sane

Mount Doom now beckoned
The engine room of Sauron spewing fire
The weight now so massive
Only courage left to take you higher
The Ring-bearer's halfling grit
With the Eldar you shall sit
Middle Earth is safe now, in cleansing rain

Nine fingers, immortal songs
No one else could be so strong
To the journey's end at the Havens
Nine-fingered Frodo, you were the saviour
Nine-fingered Frodo, none was braver

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from Songs Of Middle Earth, released June 1, 2005

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