
Pippin singing a portion of the song in the third New Line film
A Walking Song lyrics
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- 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!
- Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
- 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!
- Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
- 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.
- The world behind and home ahead,
- We'll wander back to home and bed.
- Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
- Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
- Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
- And then to bed! And then to bed!
- Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Frodo sings a different version of the song as he departs from the Shire with Sam, on the way to the Grey Havens:
- Still round the corner there may wait
- A new road or a secret gate;
- And though I oft have passed them by,
- A day will come at last when I
- Shall take the hidden paths that run
- West of the Moon, East of the Sun.
Portrayal in adaptations
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Peter Jackson's films
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While "A Walking Song" is not sung in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, most of the last verse is sung in The Return of the King, by Pippin to Denethor while Faramir is attempting to retake Osgiliath. In the soundtrack of the film, this track is named "Edge of Night".- Home is behind
- The world ahead
- And there are many paths to tread
- Through shadow
- To the edge of night
- Until the stars are all alight
- Mist and shadow
- Cloud and shade
- All shall fade
- All shall
- Fade