With the promise of The Lord of the Rings finally being adapted into a movie worthy of it, I think it's important that we remember the many roles this saga has played in our culture since its initial publication, both large and small.
One of the smaller ones is a song. It isn't a long song, but in its two minutes and twenty seconds it captures the very essence of The Hobbit, and illustrates the character of Bilbo so deftly one would think ole' JRR had penned it himself. I speak, of course, of the immortal tune, "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" by, who else, Leonard Nimoy.
No, I'm serious. Stop laughing.
The lyrics are as follows:
In the middle of the earth In the land of Shire Lives a brave little hobbit whom we all admire With his long wooden pipe Fuzzy wooly toes He lives in a hobbit hole and everybody knows him
Bilbo (Bilbo) Bilbo Baggins He's only three feet tall Bilbo (Bilbo) Bilbo Baggins The bravest little hobbit of them all
Now hobbits are peaceloving folks you know They're never in a hurry and they take things slow They don't like to travel away from home They just like to eat and be left alone But one day Bilbo was asked to go On a big adventure to the caves below To help some dwarves get back their gold That was stolen by a dragon in the days of old
Bilbo (Bilbo) Bilbo Baggins He's only three feet tall Bilbo (Bilbo) Bilbo Baggins The bravest little hobbit of them all
Well he fought with the goblins He battled a troll He riddled with Gollum A magic ring he stole He was chased by wolves Lost in a forest Escaped in a barrel from the Elf king's halls
Bilbo (Bilbo) Bilbo Baggins The bravest little hobbit of them all
Now he's back in his home in the land of Shire That brave little hobbit whom we all admire Just sittin' on a treasure of silver and gold A-puffin' on his pipe in his hobbit hole
Bilbo (Bilbo) Bilbo Baggins He's only three feet tall Bilbo (Bilbo) Bilbo Baggins The bravest little hobbit of them all
I sincerely hope that someone with some spare webspace will step forward to host this recording, so that we might all enjoy it together. It really is amazingly keen. Trust me. Anybody? Frank?
My thanks to Tim for his assistance in actually downloading the file, as well as being suitably amused by the whole thing.
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It's also on the Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary CD 2-pack, along with such other classics as Corky and the Juice Pics' "Eskimo," Weird Al's "Yoda," Monty Python's "Lumberjack Song," The Vestibules' "Bulbous Bouffant" and Tom Lehrer's "The Elements."
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Ack! Tolkien. Not one of my favourite authors. Still, movies adaptions can rarely encompass the magic of the book. The minds eye generates much better images, and everyone thinks their own version of Gandalf is needed.
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First: Might that CD also contain "Star Trekkin'" by The Firm? I remember hearing the Dr. Demento name connected to that rather funny song.
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[This message has been edited by The_Tom (edited July 19, 2000).]
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I have that song. It's not by Weird Al, nor is most of the stuff attributed to him on Napster, unless you know it is already. He's actually very annoyed about it.
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Tom. Actually, "Star Trekkin'" (another hilarious song) is on Demento's 20TH anniversary album, rather than the 30th. I have both, plus the 25th. I hope they do more soon... well, not 'alter-the-spacetime-continuum' soon, but... oh, I'm babbling again.
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Nimrod: What, was it a Swedish translation, or something?
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I'll check it out, the book is at my mom's.
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