A Walking Song

A Walking Song is the name given to the song that Frodo Baggins, Peregrin Took, and Sam Gamgee are singing just before they see the Black Rider a second time while walking to Crickhollow. Bilbo Baggins wrote the lyrics to an old tune. While the song isn't in The Fellowship of the Ring (film), most of the last verse has survived as the song Pippin sings to Denthor while Faramir is attempting to retake Osgiliath.
 * Upon the hearth the fire is red,
 * Beneath the roof there is a bed;
 * But not yet weary are our feet,
 * Still round the corner we may meet
 * A sudden tree or standing stone
 * That none have seen but we alone.
 * Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
 * Let them pass! Let them pass!
 * Hill and water under sky,
 * Pass them by! Pass them by!


 * Still round the corner there may wait
 * A new road or a secret gate,
 * And though we pass them by today,
 * Tomorrow we may come this way
 * And take the hidden paths that run
 * Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
 * Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
 * Let them go! Let them go!
 * Sand and stone and pool and dell,
 * Fare you well! Fare you well!


 * Home is behind, the world ahead,
 * And there are many paths to tread
 * Through shadows to the edge of night,
 * Until the stars are all alight.
 * Then world behind and home ahead,
 * We'll wander back to home and bed.
 * Mist and twilgiht, cloud and shade,
 * Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
 * Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
 * And then to bed! And then to bed!