Lord of the Rings

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O.k.
As "Off-Topics" go, this one is MORE "off-topic" than most, but I couldn't resist posting it here, mostly because LOTR is such a muscle Dude fest! Anything that makes you think of that isn't all bad....

This is ESPECIALLY for Celtic Muscle and all those other G&Sers out there!

WITH ELF-LIKE TREAD

An excerpt from Morgoth and Sullivan's

The Nazgul of Penzance
-or-
The Slave of Sauron


Words: David Weingart copyright 2005
Music: "With Cat-Like Tread" by W.S. Gilbert

ORCS:
With elf-like tread, on Gondor's walls we creep;
In silence dread, for they might be asleep.
Quiet as death! We never grunt a word;
A Ringwraith's breath would be distinctly heard

GONDOR'S DEFENDERS: (softly) O Elbereth! O Elbereth!!

ORCS:
So stealthily the orc-host creeps,
While Middle-earth is fast asleep.

Come, fiends of Mordor's lands
To the West we're schleppin'; grab another weapon;
Let's vary harassing with a little beseiging!

GONDOR: (softly) O Elbereth!, O Elbereth!!

NAZGUL KING: (distributing implements to various members of the army)
Here's your crossbow and your trebuchet,
Your spear and halberd -- you may want to slay!
Your poison'd dagger, your dark armour seize,
Take your sword and your club for breaking knees.

GONDOR: O Elbereth!!

ORCS: Elf-like tread

GONDOR: O Elbereth!!

ORCS: In silence dread,

ALL (fortissimo):
With elf-like tread, on Gondor's walls we creep;
In silence dread, for they might be asleep.
Quiet as death! We never grunt a word;
A Ringwraith's breath would be distinctly heard

Come, fiends, of Mordor's land
To the West we're schleppin'; Grab another weapon;
Let's vary harassing with a little beseiging!

With elf-like tread, on Gondor's walls we creep;
In silence dread, for they might be asleep.