The Stone Troll

This article refers to the poem. For other namesakes, see Troll (disambiguation).

The Stone Troll was a poem sung to an old tune by Samwise Gamgee after he, Frodo Baggins, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Peregrin Took, and Strider found the three trolls that had been turned to stone during Bilbo Baggins' earlier adventure. Sam did not disclose where he learned the song, but Frodo maintained that Sam made it up himself. J.R.R. Tolkien made a recording of the song, with a slight variation on the lyrics.

It was later recorded in the Red Book of Westmarch. It is included in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book.

First stanza

Troll sat alone on his seat of stone,
And munched and mumbled a bare old bone;
For many a year he had gnawed it near,
For meat was hard to come by.
Done by! Gum by!
In a cave in the hills he dwelt alone,
And meat was hard to come by.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Arabic	القزم الحجري
Belarusian Cyrillic	Каменны троль
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Старият трол
Chinese	石头食人妖
Dutch	De stenen Trol
Finnish	Kivipaaden peikko
French	Le Troll de pierre
Georgian	ქვის ტროლი
German	Der Steintroll
Italian	Il Troll di pietra
Persian	ترول سنگی
Polish	Kamienny Troll
Russian	Каменный тролль
Spanish	El troll de piedra
Swedish	Stentrollet
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Кам'яний троль