A/N: There's a whole mish-mash of cultures and points of view represented here… but I suppose that reflects the cultures involved in the battle. The references come from "The Siege of Gondor," "The Ride of the Rohirrim," and "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields," but you should be able to tell which is which. I used the Shire Reckoning year because it fit the rhyme better, and "pirate" instead of "corsair" for the same reason. And the grammar... well, it's consistent with the original song.
The Battle of the Pelennor
Fields
(based on "The Battle of New
Orleans" by Johnny Horton; original words and music by Jimmy Driftwood)
In 1419 we took a little trip
Along with Cap'n Aragorn upon a pirate ship.
We took a little lembas and we
took some miruvor
And we fought the hosts of
Sauron on the Fields of Pelennor.
Chorus
We fired our bows and the Uruks kep' a-comin';
There wasn't nigh as many as
there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they
began a-runnin',
Down the
vale of Anduin to trouble us no more.
We looked down the river and
we seen the Southrons come,
And there must have been a thousand orc-filth beatin'
on the drum.
They came so fast as the hell-hawks'
cry did ring;
We just battened down the
hatches 'cause we couldn't do a thing.
Chorus
Old Théoden said we could
take 'em by surprise
If we didn't show our comin' till the sun began to rise.
So we held our noise till he gave
the trumpet blow,
Then we charged straight into
battle and we sent 'em all below!
Chorus
Yeah, they ran through the
fires and they ran through the carnage,
And they ran past the mûmakil amid the
battle's roar.
They ran so fast even Gandalf
couldn't catch 'em,
Down the vale of Anduin to trouble us no more!
One hobbit, he fought
bravely, but his sword, it melted down;
And "mighty was the fallen,"
it became a common sound.
Ah, but hope unlooked-for
with it did the salty West Wind bring,
And at setting of the sun the
people sang, "Here comes the King!"
Chorus
Yeah, they ran through the
fires and they ran through the carnage,
And they ran past the mûmakil amid the
battle's roar.
They ran so fast even Gandalf
couldn't catch 'em,
Down the vale of Anduin to trouble us no more!
