A/N: This poem is one created from listening to the song One Tin Soldier,
which is sung at camp, one too many times whilst reading Lord of the Rings.
LotR spin-off of One Tin Soldier
Listen, Children, to a story
That took place quite long ago,
'Bout a land with five races,
Far off in another world.
In this land were nineteen rings made
For the three: Elves, Men, and Dwarves,
But One made a secret other.
This in Orodruin was forged.
Go ahead and follow Saruman.
Go ahead and cheer Sauron.
Do it in the name of Eru.
You can justify it before long.
The horn of Rohan will be blowing
On the scouring day.
But on the bloody morning after...
Evil shall not ride away.
One Age later, Middle-Earth was
Fighting to retain freedom
Sauron hungered for domination,
He'd already the nine rings won
Soon was forged a great alliance
Captained by great Elves and Men,
Battle raged, and hope was lost, then...
The One was cut off Sauron's hand.
Go ahead and follow Saruman.
Go ahead and cheer Sauron.
Do it in the name of Eru.
You can justify it before long.
The horn of Rohan will be blowing
On the scouring day.
But on the bloody morning after...
Evil shall not ride away.
Isildur kept it, it corrupted
Him, and for it he was killed,
It was lost in Anduin river,
Lost for many thousand years,
It was found by two friends fishing
On that fateful sunny day,
Déagol found it, Sméagol stole it,
Soon with him it had its way.
Go ahead and follow Saruman.
Go ahead and cheer Sauron.
Do it in the name of Eru.
You can justify it before long.
The horn of Rohan will be blowing
On the scouring day.
But on the bloody morning after...
Evil shall not ride away.
Five centuries later, Gollum
Lost it in his dark, dank cave,
It was found by a frightened Hobbit,
Trying to but find his way,
Once they played a game of riddles,
Gollum had to show the way,
He then realized that his Precious,
It had then gone far away.
Go ahead and follow Saruman.
Go ahead and cheer Sauron.
Do it in the name of Eru.
You can justify it before long.
The horn of Rohan will be blowing
On the scouring day.
But on the bloody morning after...
Evil shall not ride away.
At length the Hobbit went back home and
There he kept it, safe and sound,
Sixty years until his Long
Expected Party rolled around,
Then he left it to his cousin,
Frodo was to have it now,
There he kept it many years
Until the Dark Lord it had found.
Go ahead and follow Saruman.
Go ahead and cheer Sauron.
Do it in the name of Eru.
You can justify it before long.
The horn of Rohan will be blowing
On the scouring day.
But on the bloody morning after...
Evil shall not ride away.
Soon the Master of the Mountain
Sent a message Under Hill
Asking for the golden treasure,
Simple ring for which he'd kill.
Came an answer from the hobbits,
'Mr. Baggins's gone away.
He's gone off to Crickhollow,
No more than stone's throw away.'
Go ahead and follow Saruman.
Go ahead and cheer Sauron.
Do it in the name of Eru.
You can justify it before long.
The horn of Rohan will be blowing
On the scouring day.
But on the bloody morning after...
Evil shall not ride away.
So the free folk cried with anger
'Mount your horses! Draw your bow!'
And they raced off to the Mountain,
Creating time for Frodo.
Now he stood beside the chasm
In the mountain flaming red,
Put the Ring on, and he claimed it...
Gollum bit it off his hand.
Go ahead and follow Saruman.
Go ahead and cheer Sauron.
Do it in the name of Eru.
You can justify it before long.
The horn of Rohan will be blowing
On the scouring day.
But on the bloody morning after...
Evil shall not ride away.
Sam and Frodo just escaped and
Gwaihir lifted them above,
And they witnessed the destruction
And the fall of 'Lord Sauron'
Now they left and celebrated,
Meeting up with Aragorn.
Then they went home, cleansed the Shire.
Giving hope a bright new morn.
Go ahead and follow Saruman.
Go ahead and cheer Sauron.
Do it in the name of Eru.
You can justify it before long.
The horn of Rohan will be blowing
On the scouring day.
But on the bloody morning after...
Evil shall not ride away.
Now the Havens stood silent,
Waiting for Galadriel
To board the last ship into the
West with all the passing elves.
Also came were Elrond, Gandalf,
And the two main Ringbearers,
Bilbo and his nephew Frodo,
All to the Undying Lands.
Go ahead and follow Saruman.
Go ahead and cheer Sauron.
Do it in the name of Eru.
You can justify it before long.
The horn of Rohan will be blowing
On the scouring day.
But on the bloody morning after...
Evil shall not ride away.