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Bilbo’s Parting song- an original ballad
Posted by David on April 21, 2021 at 10:45 pmI wrote this song while studying in Wales my Junior year in college and I recently retrieved it from an old trunk. I took a poem from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and put it to music that just seemed to capture the magical spirit of that amazing book! It was very nostalgic to play it again.
David replied 3 years, 9 months ago 9 Members · 13 Replies -
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Not always but this tune really did come to me as I played a few chords to these words. Thanks for listening.
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I really enjoyed listening to that melody @David . 👏 👏 👏 Have you thought about using the harmonizer with this one? It seemed like there were some points in the melody that some of the lyrics could have benefitted from it’s use🤩
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I did play around with it but couldn’t find the right combination. I do agree with you though. I’ll work on it. Thanks for listening!
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I could so envision this song being part of the movie. Excellent original David.
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Thanks Lorraine. I was really into the book at the time and I loved this poem and wanted to write a song for it. I was influenced by all the pub singing. 🙂
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Really nice, like it a lot. I started getting hairy feet, I think…. 😂
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Thanks for that @David. Yes the magic and the sense Tolkien put into Middle Earth and Bilbo is all there. Wow, thanks.
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Nice of you to say. They really are cool lyrics I think. Thanks for listening.
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