We Must Away

Bilbo is gone in a blinding flash of light
to find again peace and good fortune,
in the mountains where a journey had led him.
His cousin Frodo is staying alone in the Shire,
among the hobbits and old Gandalf the Wizard,
with a home and a ring as a memory.
It’s a long story that started years ago
In which Shadow and Light fought about Power
And this time…
it’s the Shadow which has risen.
With foes ahead, behind us dread
Beneath the Sky shall be our bed,
Until at last our tail be passed
Our Journey done, our errand sped.
We must away ! We must away !
We ride before the break of day !
One day Gandalf told Frodo-the-heir the story
One day and one night it lasted
The object is the Ring, its strength,
its rule over the people.
Frodo has gone to the boundaries
Of the Shire
amongst his friends on whom he depends
Sam, Merry and Pippin
With foes ahead, behind us dread
Beneath the Sky shall be our bed,
Until at last our tail be passed
Our Journey done, our errand sped.
We must away ! We must away !
We ride before the break of day !
On the road to the old forest they met Elves, Black Riders
and Tom Bombadil the merry fellow.
The Quest has started, it’s only the beginning.
With foes ahead, behind us dread
Beneath the Sky shall be our bed,
Until at last our tail be passed
Our Journey done, our errand sped.
We must away ! We must away !
We ride before the break of day !