Down the swift dark stream you go

Down the swift dark stream is a song from The Hobbit, song by the Mirkwood Elves as they send barrels down the river back to Lake-town. This song can be heard in the animated version of The Hobbit.

Lyrics

 * Roll-roll-roll-roll,
 * roll-roll-rolling down the hole!
 * Heave ho! Splash plump!
 * Down they go, down they bump!


 * Down the swift dark stream you go
 * Back to lands you once did know!
 * Leave the halls and caverns deep,
 * ''Leave the northern mountains steep,
 * ''Where the forest wide and dim
 * ''Stoops in shadow grey and grim!
 * ''Float beyond the world of trees
 * ''Out into the whispering breeze,
 * ''Past the rushes, past the reeds,
 * ''Past the marsh’s waving weeds,
 * ''Through the mist that riseth white
 * ''Up from mere and pool at night!
 * ''Follow, follow stars that leap
 * ''Up the heavens cold and steep;
 * ''Turn when dawn comes over land
 * ''Over rapid, Over sand,
 * ''South away! And South away!
 * ''Seek the sunlight and the day,
 * ''Back to pasture, back to mead,
 * ''Where the kine and oxen feed!
 * ''Back to gardens on the hills
 * ''Where the berry swells and fills
 * ''Under sunlight, under day!
 * ''South away! and South away!
 * ''Down the swift dark stream you go
 * ''Back to lands you once did know!