AinurOlorin
Half-elven
Feb 16 2013, 12:50am
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Tolkien gave the example in "The Mountain-King's Return" which is
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also present in the Rankin and Bass animated. ". . . all sorrow fail and sadness, at the Mountain Kings return." I think it would be great to have some elderly person in Dale mutter that their grandfather or grandmother told tales of The Mountain King, and would sing the old song about how he would return, and begins singing that song, to be joined by some nearby who also know it. The Lake-men are supposed to sing some old songs of the King under the Mountain in celebration of Thorin's return, although Tolkien never composed any examples of them. Well, if I remember right, the Rankin/Bass Hobbit took the elvish song that begins Chapter 19 ("The dragon is withered,") and transforms it into "The Mountain-king's Return" immediately following the Battle of the Five Armies. I think that there is a good chance that we will hear some version of the follow-up to the dwarves' "Misty Mountains" song, the one that they sing to calm Thorin after the arrival of the armies of the men and wood-elves. It is anyone's guess as to whether we will hear any Rivendell elves singing under the moon on Bilbo's return journey. "Hear me, hounds of Sauron, Gandalf is here! Fly if you value your foul skins, I will shrivel you from tail to snout if you step within this circle!" "Do not be to eager to deal out death in judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all ends."
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