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"Roll-roll-roll-roll" is a song from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, sung by the Mirkwood Elves as they send barrels down the river back to Lake-town.
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!
Portrayal in adaptations[]
This song is heard in the 1977 animated film of The Hobbit.