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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Or is that Tolkien? Anyway.

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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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

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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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

While my connection isn't really up to the task of serving large music files, I do have the space. Email the song to me.

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

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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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

My favorite author.

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Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :

First: Might that CD also contain "Star Trekkin'" by The Firm? I remember hearing the Dr. Demento name connected to that rather funny song.

(edit: Just checked Amazon. Turns out Trekkin' is on the 20th anniversary CD set, not the 30th)
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Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :

Bwouhahahaha!
I just downlo...err..bought Weird Al's Star Trek Rhapsody! Every single clich� TOS quote in one great Queen spoof!

Weird Al is really good with his impersonations! Those voices...*ROTFLMAO*

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Hm... I can't seem to find any such song on Napster...

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

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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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Okay, here's the song. However, only the strongest of minds will be able to withstand it.
http://frankg.dgne.com/sff/bilbobaggins.mp3

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

OK, I haven't heard the song, but when I read those lyrics, I can only hear it being done in a rap style...

LOL!

Andrew

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

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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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

When I read "Bilbo" his last name was Bagger. Strange.

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Nimrod: What, was it a Swedish translation, or something?

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

I'll check it out, the book is at my mom's.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

You don't remember what language the book was written in? :-)

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

No, I meant the info, stupid.

And AAMOF I just found a copy at my brother's. His girlfriend was just reading it, otherwise I wouldn't have remembered it!
It was a swedish translation, the 12:th edition, 4:th print I think, from 1990. And it clearly said his name was Bilbo Bagger, and that he was NOT a hobbit, but a hob (pronounced hoob like pool). That's pretty fucked up right there!
I don't know why they translated it, there should be a law, and I have always said "hobbit" anyhow, so there you go.

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