International Read Tolkien Day 2015

[dreamflower]

Transcript behind the cut...

“I sit beside the fire and think
Of all that I have seen
Of meadow flowers and butterflies
In summers that have been

Of yellow leaves and gossamer
In autumns that there were
With morning mist and silver sun
And wind upon my hair

I sit beside the fire and think
Of how the world will be
When winter comes without a spring
That I shall ever see

For still there are so many things
That I have never seen
In every wood in every spring
There is a different green

I sit beside the fire and think
Of people long ago
And people that will see a world
That I shall never know

But all the while I sit and think
Of times there were before
I listen for returning feet
And voices at the door”

― J.R.R. Tolkien

Melody by Donald Swann

Comments

[shirebound]

Awwww, thank you for singing to us!

[dreamflower]

I just love the tune Donald Swann came up with for the poem; it seems so wistful.

I had a dreadful time recording it. A couple of times I had to redo it because my voice broke, and then I was nearly through with it when the cuckoo clock went off, and then I accidentally hit end instead of 3. I was glad to finally get it right.

[periantari.livejournal.com]

very nice singing! I enjoyed that!
Happy New Year!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

How lovely! That melody fits it so well.

[dreamflower]

Thank you! The melody is from Donald Swann's composition in The Road Goes Ever On. I love the tunes in that book, most especially for this one and for "In Western Lands".