Here is our version of Tolkien's poem, "The Ent and the Ent-Wife." We hope you enjoy it! Please read the description for an explanation of our interpretation of this work.
NICE! Ahm... Mounds of Mundburg next please? :D Also, I think that "God Rest ye marry, Gentlemen" was the best part of last years Christmas Medley (Followed by Veni, Veni Emmanuel). Could you please do a full version of it for this years Christmas?
"I think that in fact the Entwives had disappeared for good, being destroyed with their gardens in the War of the Last Alliance when Sauron pursued a scorched earth policy and burned their land against the advance of the Allies down the Anduin..." - J.R.R Tolkien, Letter 144 in Letters of J.R.R Tolkien. I think this already beautiful song becomes downright heartbreaking when one remembers the Entwives likely all perished during the War of the Last Alliance. This song is the lament of lovers who'll never see each other again, despite earnest hope they will. In fact according to Tolkien, the Ents become trees or go extinct after the War of the Ring. It's a sad lost soulmate's hymm and Clamavi de Profundis once again nailed that.
It's one of the theories, but in these sort of situations I tend to favor what the author said, and Tolkien's statement on the subject indicates they are probably dead.
But what was seen by Sam's cousin Hal when he went to the Northfarthing for hunting? "... this one was as big and as an elm tree, and walking..." (Sam and Ted talk at The Green Dragon, ch The Shadow of the Past)
I've always had a soft spot for this particular song/poem. There's such a sweet sadness at the thought of these old, ancient lovers still pining for each other after countless years *sniffle*.
I also just noticed that Tolkien’s mastery as a writer is quite apparent in the “winter verses” where the lyrics have far less to do with the season of winter and far more to do with death and resurrection
I feel like a deeper and darker train of thought within this Song /Poem is about the the end of the Circle of All Things witch is know in the old Norse mythology as the day of RAGNARÖK, especially visible in the last lines about what the the winter brings forth.
1:27 that's that. You hear it and immediately remember that Treebeard actually asked Merry and Pippin weather they'd seen the Ent-Wifes, just because they described where they came from . It's a great transition and creates a sense of real distance between the Ent and Ent-Wife.
This piece of art is so beautiful I literally cried ;_; I really love the fact that each part of the song is sung differently. At first, the Ent and Ent wife was really far from each other, he sung low and she sung high, gradually they're getting closer to each other through the song, and their singing started to match better. Finally at the very end, he starts to sing high and she sings low, so that they can really fit each other and be togheter...
When I was younger, and even through most rereads of LotR, I've largely ignored this little song, because to me, it was sappy, with no pun intended. Now hearing it and thinking about it, I am brought to tears or near to tears at times.
The Ents and Ent-wifes are such amazing creatures and yet their tales and lore is mostly a very tragic one, as they're part of a slowly dying and forgotten age.
I feel like a deeper and darker train of thought within this Song /Poem is about the the end of the Circle of All Things witch is know in the old Norse mythology as the day of RAGNARÖK, especially visible in the last lines about what the the winter brings forth.
@Imperial Soviet I do not as knowledgeable about the world of Tolkien's creation to find these references myself, so I used an image that may have been used as a basepoint during his creative process 😁
In the song, the Ents preferred secluded areas, the deep forrest comes to mind, easy to hide away from the sufferings of the world. The Ent-Wives seem to like more inclusive areas, they sing of fruits and flowers, I think of glades and meadows. To me, it sounds like Fangorn and The Shire. I think that, if any Ent-Wives live, they would most likely be in The Shire near Hobbiton. It is still a community, but it is still a hidden place, and the Ent-Wives enjoy caring for and growing things. Perhaps, after Sauron's War with The Last Alliance, the Ent-Wives hid in the area, befriending the Hobbits, and showed them the wonders of all things that grow, and the peace that follows, then died out long before Bilbo's Journey. I like to think that the Hobbits of The Shire are the way they are as the last act of the Ent-Wives.
"The forest is as old as time itself, and yet so to is its memory. Every step you take down this path, so too have many others done the same, and the forest recalls them all." The ents remember better than even the elves, I believe. Not for age, not even for might do I believe so, but for the fact the forests they herd; are the most sought after prize. For home, for fuel (as seen with saruman), and for refuge.
The two ents songs are vastly different from each other. One is a song of war as the ents march to isongard the other is song of love and longing as two lovers wait for each other
This is how tales and poems are meant too be performed. To tambourine, trumpet, and drum. Same goes for the Psalms and the Song of Songs. Same goes for the Norse mythological tales and many others. To be sung and told. It is the oral tradition. We've lost touch with it entirely. Most mythical poems and tales were not only meant to be sung but also performed in some fashion as they are told. That is what makes Tolkien's works so unique in our age. He drew heavily on the classical oral tradition for his concepts, poems, and the tales. That is why there are songs and poems throughout his tales.
"When Winter comes, the winter wild that hill and wood shall slay; When trees shall fall and starless night devour the sunless day; When wind is in the deadly East, then in the bitter rain I'll look for thee, and call to thee; I'll come to thee again!" Chills, every single time.
I noticed that the ent’s part shares musical ideas with the March of the Ents, and the ent-wife’s heme is similar to some of the accompaniment to the Lament for Boromir. This piece is amazing! I love it
That is wonderful. I was looking for the "Come back to me" from the movie but I'm glad I found yours instead. This is what's amazing about Tolkien's legendarium : it is so profound and beautiful that men and women will sing about it, as the Elves sang about the beauties of the world and the wounds of theirs hearts. Thank you !
By far my favorite of your songs. I never really cared for this poem until I listened to your arrangement. I immediately made my fiance listen to it, and he cried. Beautifully done. Thank you.
I have been rereading the series, and every time a poem comes up, I search for your version of it. It improves the experience so much. Thanks for this.
I love this song and many others you guys made! I found the Hobbit theme for the Ents to be an interesting choice, it fits because of Treebeard and his friendship with Merry and Pippin, but in a way the theme would fit the Entwives as well: they were known to have gardens in the Brownlands, the border of Gondor, true, but when he hears of the Shire, Treebeard says that's a country after the Entwives's own heart.
I love that you have an arrangement of this poem! It helps me appreciate Ent poetry much more when I can listen to it like this. So grateful you didn't curtail any of it!
A beautiful song, with beautiful lyrics! You and your family truly can interpret Tolkien's poems, give them tunes, and breathe a new life into them that has never been seen (or heard!) before! Good job!
I do not know how you could keep your voices steady in the last few verses. It makes me cry even though I've heard it several times. It still wrenches at my heart at the tragedy of the Ents.
You have granted my wish! This is epic, I can't say how amazed I am by it! The voices were perfect, they really resembled an Ent and entwife singing my favourite Tolkien LotR poem!
What if the entwives are in the shire? Cause Sam gives an account of his cousin seeing and elm tree walking in the woods while hunting, and Elrond half elven says that the forest of fangorn and the one on the barrow downs (just east of the shire like 10-15 miles) are akin, and Gandalf states a couple times that there is a magic or power that resides in the shire. (That ladder isn’t direct) just food for thought and hope to study these works more closely and if my guesses are near the mark maybe write a little fan fiction for my children some day. Also it is stated that entwives give their love to the little things of the forest, also in the song the entwives speak of a harvest coming to town.
Matthias Tolkien changed his mind a lot about when it came to the lore of lotr. I like to believe that the entwives are in the shire but that’s just the way I like to see it.
Put off reading the books all my life in fear of ruining the movies i grew up with, but finally overcame that dumb fear this month. A lot of the songs in the text haven't hit for me so far but this one was perfect and your rendition is great!
I think that song means that when the winter of the world comes, the darkest and final age, the Ents and Ent-wifes will find each other again and will go to the West.
It is mentioned that trees will move in the fields of the shire, this is possible to be the ent wives since the shire is almost exactly what they look for
It is with work like this, that you may close your eyes, and you leave unto another world. Thank you God. Thank you Tolkien. Thank you Clamavi De Profundis.
The fact thet Ents are perishing, adds so much magic, nostaligia, and sadness to this song. If the Ent-Wives were found, we would be happy but we wouldn't have such masterpieces.
I hoped that in the Winter stanza the Ent would convince her, because winter forest is beautiful while winter field and garden dead. Guess she is irreformable.
This song is sung beautifully. They are so talented and as a huge Tolkien fan, all the songs that they did so far are well done. They sung all my favorite Tolkien poems, and now I can't stop listening. I hope that one day they come out with the Beren and Tinuviel peom, I'm really curious to see how they would interpret and sing the song.
In a way this song is sad because it's about two people who want different things in life, and are struggling to make their romance work because of that; but it's also hopeful at the end because they both mutually give up their spaces and go on into the unknown in the hopes of finding a 'place' they can both be happy. For the actual ents, this is a physical land, but on a meta level it can be compromise and overcoming binary thinking, either/or thinking, and finding a solution.
"I was forgetting: singing that song put me in mind of old times; almost thought that I was talking to young Entings, I did. Well you can lie on the bed. I am going to stand in the rain. Good night!"
Lyrics (according to the closed captions): When scream unfolds the peach and leaf And Sap is in the When light is on the wild hold stream And wind is on the brow When stride is long and breath is deep And keen the mountain Come back to Oh To And say my land is When spring is come to goth and field And corn is in for blue Like a shiny is on the fortune Sure Son apone Earth was free This field Oh And will not come because my is When some Upon the And The rules of sleeping means The dreams of trees unfold When woodland halls are green and cool And wind is in first cool see is When some Fruit and burns up Brown Straw is good and it is white and Harvest comes to town Nice pills and a ball swells the wind be Though Beneath the sun Because my land is best When winter comes the winter wild That hill and would slay When tree shall fall And starless nights Deep our a sunless day is in Then It I And all through the The Winter comes and simians When darkness falls at last When broken is Oh wait And we meet again we will take me Together we will take the road That leads into the world First and four will find island Where both our hearts mara You You
You guys are so awesome. You do Tolkiens works proud. Personal request though: we've gotten the ents, the dwarves, the elves the men and even the hobbit songs of Lotr. Any chance you'll do the orcs next?
listening to this, I can hear the sadness and longing in the song. It is a good song, and you guys did it very well. Thank you guys for another amazing video! and the 30 dislikes can be scattered across middle earth with the orcs after Sauron's fall.
Every time I listen to one of your songs Im reminded that I really need to read the books. There's so much interesting lore that just isn't in the movies!
Just search for "Stephen Oliver - Lord of the rings", 59 minute long video with the soundtrack from the excellent BBC abridged LOTR adaption. There's a helpful comment that breaks down the 59 minutes into individual tracks.
I feel like there is a deeper and darker train of thought in this song/poem, centered around the end of the circle of all things known in Norse mythology as the day of RAGNARÖK. This is particularly evident in the last few lines about what winter's cold days entail.
Such a beautiful song ❤ Hit's different when you are playing this instead of reading the poem in the treebeard chapter . Thank you so much for uploading this 😇
Here is our version of Tolkien's poem, "The Ent and the Ent-Wife." We hope you enjoy it! Please read the description for an explanation of our interpretation of this work.
NICE!
Ahm... Mounds of Mundburg next please? :D
Also, I think that "God Rest ye marry, Gentlemen" was the best part of last years Christmas Medley (Followed by Veni, Veni Emmanuel). Could you please do a full version of it for this years Christmas?
Clamavi De Profundis what a beautiful composition, I can practically see Treebeard singing to his wife to return. Very moving.
Clamavi De Profundis Very nice. Notice however that at 4:56 the lyrics say "because my land is b", instead of "best"
awesome guys!!
Very nice thank you
"That is how it goes. It is elvish, of course: lighthearted, quick worded, and soon over. I daresay it is fair enough"
they made an entish rendition, though the language chosen is far more hasty.
I keep rereading this comment and I love it
Yes
"I think that in fact the Entwives had disappeared for good, being destroyed with their gardens in the War of the Last Alliance when Sauron pursued a scorched earth policy and burned their land against the advance of the Allies down the Anduin..."
- J.R.R Tolkien, Letter 144 in Letters of J.R.R Tolkien.
I think this already beautiful song becomes downright heartbreaking when one remembers the Entwives likely all perished during the War of the Last Alliance. This song is the lament of lovers who'll never see each other again, despite earnest hope they will. In fact according to Tolkien, the Ents become trees or go extinct after the War of the Ring. It's a sad lost soulmate's hymm and Clamavi de Profundis once again nailed that.
I heard somewhere else that the Entwives are by that lake in Rhun.
It's one of the theories, but in these sort of situations I tend to favor what the author said, and Tolkien's statement on the subject indicates they are probably dead.
But what was seen by Sam's cousin Hal when he went to the Northfarthing for hunting? "... this one was as big and as an elm tree, and walking..." (Sam and Ted talk at The Green Dragon, ch The Shadow of the Past)
Probably a stray Huorn (the sentient trees the Ents shepherd over) if I had to guess.
Matheus Arruda Do you really believe that? I hope they didn't go extinct; they're too strong!
I've always had a soft spot for this particular song/poem. There's such a sweet sadness at the thought of these old, ancient lovers still pining for each other after countless years *sniffle*.
*waits for someone else to point out the Pine-ing pun*
@@JamenofPern Yew didn't have to needle-ssly point it out ;)
Not crying, something in my eyes.
I also just noticed that Tolkien’s mastery as a writer is quite apparent in the “winter verses” where the lyrics have far less to do with the season of winter and far more to do with death and resurrection
Or the destruction of nature by industry. Winter in temperate has always been about death and rebirth in a sense.
I feel like a deeper and darker train of thought within this Song /Poem is about the the end of the Circle of All Things witch is know in the old Norse mythology as the day of RAGNARÖK, especially visible in the last lines about what the the winter brings forth.
@@HrLBolle I think this represents his own pass away after his beloved Edith left this world. It's my opinion all of us are in the right path...
Winter is associated with death in a number of cultures in Europe and beyond.
@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 the poem was made in the 1940s-50s though and Edith died in 1971
1:27 that's that. You hear it and immediately remember that Treebeard actually asked Merry and Pippin weather they'd seen the Ent-Wifes, just because they described where they came from
. It's a great transition and creates a sense of real distance between the Ent and Ent-Wife.
This piece of art is so beautiful I literally cried ;_; I really love the fact that each part of the song is sung differently. At first, the Ent and Ent wife was really far from each other, he sung low and she sung high, gradually they're getting closer to each other through the song, and their singing started to match better. Finally at the very end, he starts to sing high and she sings low, so that they can really fit each other and be togheter...
good analysis!
The story with the Ents and their wives is one of the sadest made by Tolkin. And you made this lament song shine.
Agreed. The story of the Ents and the Entwives is heartbreaking.
The chapter itself left me in tears
I love how deep the Ent voice is. It really makes sense and follows what I pictured them to be like.
Could you think about:
• I sang of leaves (galadriel's song)
• Sam's poem on Oliphaunts
• There was an elven maid of Old (The Lay of Nimrodel)
Would it even be in the spirit of Sam's poem for it to be good?
When I was younger, and even through most rereads of LotR, I've largely ignored this little song, because to me, it was sappy, with no pun intended. Now hearing it and thinking about it, I am brought to tears or near to tears at times.
I dont hear a human voice. I hear a tree singing and the forest playin the Music.
Julian Nebenfuehr Tree?! I AM NO TREE...I am an Ent
The Ents and Ent-wifes are such amazing creatures and yet their tales and lore is mostly a very tragic one, as they're part of a slowly dying and forgotten age.
I feel like a deeper and darker train of thought within this Song /Poem is about the the end of the Circle of All Things witch is know in the old Norse mythology as the day of RAGNARÖK, especially visible in the last lines about what the the winter brings forth.
@Imperial Soviet I do not as knowledgeable about the world of Tolkien's creation to find these references myself, so I used an image that may have been used as a basepoint during his creative process 😁
Magnificent!! If Professor Tolkien were alive, he would be proud of the job that, you guys, are making with his work!!
Thank you very much!!
J R Mohr true
Peter the First hello
Beautiful. Myself and my Wife had this "read" at our wedding as part of our vows.
@ That is true, but one may also hope that the ent and entwife reunited.
@@ronanbriem9308 I believe they did if not in any of middle earths ages then in the world beyond creation
@@ronanbriem9308 I like to think that all of the remaining Ents and Entwives finally settle down in fangore or the shire
In the song, the Ents preferred secluded areas, the deep forrest comes to mind, easy to hide away from the sufferings of the world. The Ent-Wives seem to like more inclusive areas, they sing of fruits and flowers, I think of glades and meadows. To me, it sounds like Fangorn and The Shire. I think that, if any Ent-Wives live, they would most likely be in The Shire near Hobbiton. It is still a community, but it is still a hidden place, and the Ent-Wives enjoy caring for and growing things. Perhaps, after Sauron's War with The Last Alliance, the Ent-Wives hid in the area, befriending the Hobbits, and showed them the wonders of all things that grow, and the peace that follows, then died out long before Bilbo's Journey. I like to think that the Hobbits of The Shire are the way they are as the last act of the Ent-Wives.
Perhaps some live among the wild and cruel huorns of the old forest... but probably not :(
I like to think that Hobbits learned their love of beautiful things from the ent-wives.
@@powerarmorpatriot2068 I think The Party Tree was the final Ent-Wife.
'when trees shall fall' when that part hits my how great it feels.
"The forest is as old as time itself, and yet so to is its memory. Every step you take down this path, so too have many others done the same, and the forest recalls them all." The ents remember better than even the elves, I believe. Not for age, not even for might do I believe so, but for the fact the forests they herd; are the most sought after prize. For home, for fuel (as seen with saruman), and for refuge.
The two ents songs are vastly different from each other.
One is a song of war as the ents march to isongard the other is song of love and longing as two lovers wait for each other
You've turned Tolkien's poems into hymns. This is one of the loveliest things I've ever heard. Bravo!!
This is how tales and poems are meant too be performed. To tambourine, trumpet, and drum. Same goes for the Psalms and the Song of Songs. Same goes for the Norse mythological tales and many others. To be sung and told. It is the oral tradition. We've lost touch with it entirely. Most mythical poems and tales were not only meant to be sung but also performed in some fashion as they are told. That is what makes Tolkien's works so unique in our age. He drew heavily on the classical oral tradition for his concepts, poems, and the tales. That is why there are songs and poems throughout his tales.
This song brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for another wonderful, heartaching experience. It was beautiful.
"When Winter comes, the winter wild that hill and wood shall slay;
When trees shall fall and starless night devour the sunless day;
When wind is in the deadly East, then in the bitter rain
I'll look for thee, and call to thee; I'll come to thee again!"
Chills, every single time.
I noticed that the ent’s part shares musical ideas with the March of the Ents, and the ent-wife’s heme is similar to some of the accompaniment to the Lament for Boromir. This piece is amazing! I love it
Anna Moran the first time the ent-wife sings it has concerning hobbits at the beginning. I just thought you might think that was cool.
I always thought the separation of the Ents and Entwives one of the great tragedies of Tolkien's lore. A moving reading of the original.
WOW!!!! It is perfect! you did the slowness and sorrow of the Ents soo well!
That is wonderful. I was looking for the "Come back to me" from the movie but I'm glad I found yours instead. This is what's amazing about Tolkien's legendarium : it is so profound and beautiful that men and women will sing about it, as the Elves sang about the beauties of the world and the wounds of theirs hearts. Thank you !
this is the most beautiful argument between a married couple of trees I have ever heard.
By far my favorite of your songs. I never really cared for this poem until I listened to your arrangement. I immediately made my fiance listen to it, and he cried. Beautifully done. Thank you.
I have been rereading the series, and every time a poem comes up, I search for your version of it. It improves the experience so much. Thanks for this.
I'm loving the additions you guys are adding to your vocal group. Everyone's voice is phenomenal
You guys always bring the world of Tolkien to life with your music this one brought tears to my eyes
I love this song and many others you guys made! I found the Hobbit theme for the Ents to be an interesting choice, it fits because of Treebeard and his friendship with Merry and Pippin, but in a way the theme would fit the Entwives as well: they were known to have gardens in the Brownlands, the border of Gondor, true, but when he hears of the Shire, Treebeard says that's a country after the Entwives's own heart.
A masterpiece as always! This is one of my favorite poems!
Will you cover "I sit beside the fire and think" or "Bilbo's last song" please?
great calls Stefanie!
Stefanie Paper the song of beren and luthien, the riddle of strider, The stone troll
They have alredy done the riddle of strider. th-cam.com/video/PRMFXCX4_1E/w-d-xo.html
Annatar, Lord of Gifts thank you DECEIVER
if Bilbo's last song is the one that starts with "day is ended dim my eyes" then I'm working on that song.
I'd love an audio book of lotr and the hobbit but with your songs where they are in the book
Silmarillion, unless it's an original song of theirs.
I looked up this song because I'm reading this part for the very first time in my book. You guys did Tolkien proud. Literal chills🤗
I love that you have an arrangement of this poem! It helps me appreciate Ent poetry much more when I can listen to it like this. So grateful you didn't curtail any of it!
Every time you post something I know that I'm due a breath of fresh air. Thank you.
Beautiful use of a bass voice!
Beautiful.
I think this style of vocals actually fits Tolkien's writing far better than the church-style vocals you usually do.
A beautiful song, with beautiful lyrics!
You and your family truly can interpret Tolkien's poems, give them tunes, and breathe a new life into them that has never been seen (or heard!) before! Good job!
I do not know how you could keep your voices steady in the last few verses. It makes me cry even though I've heard it several times. It still wrenches at my heart at the tragedy of the Ents.
You have granted my wish! This is epic, I can't say how amazed I am by it! The voices were perfect, they really resembled an Ent and entwife singing my favourite Tolkien LotR poem!
What if the entwives are in the shire? Cause Sam gives an account of his cousin seeing and elm tree walking in the woods while hunting, and Elrond half elven says that the forest of fangorn and the one on the barrow downs (just east of the shire like 10-15 miles) are akin, and Gandalf states a couple times that there is a magic or power that resides in the shire. (That ladder isn’t direct) just food for thought and hope to study these works more closely and if my guesses are near the mark maybe write a little fan fiction for my children some day. Also it is stated that entwives give their love to the little things of the forest, also in the song the entwives speak of a harvest coming to town.
well i have seen willows walkiing...and birch trees speak...well it is late and i am drunk...a good evening to you
But Tolkien himself said that "I think that in fact, the Ent wives had disappeared forever" so good thinking, but they are gone.
@@matthias9093 They also could have formed the old forest.
No, that is unrealistic, for it is said that the entwives disappeared into the east.
Matthias Tolkien changed his mind a lot about when it came to the lore of lotr. I like to believe that the entwives are in the shire but that’s just the way I like to see it.
I'd like to believe they're in the Shire too.
Put off reading the books all my life in fear of ruining the movies i grew up with, but finally overcame that dumb fear this month. A lot of the songs in the text haven't hit for me so far but this one was perfect and your rendition is great!
There's always one orc just waiting to dislike the video
Current orc tally: 15 dead
oh no, perhaps Sauron is a shapeshifter again Jonathan Glass
Definitely orcs of the white hand.
I think that song means that when the winter of the world comes, the darkest and final age, the Ents and Ent-wifes will find each other again and will go to the West.
Please please please release the lay of nimrodel I love your work you guys seriously it brings tears to my eyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you are one of my favorite composers and singers. thank you for your work on Tolkiens poems. hearing his poems set to music is just so nice.
I feel both joy and sadness when I hear this song. Tolkien would be proud of y’all’s work I do believe.
Happy Arbor Day 2019, and to those who did an excellent job on this wonderful song!
The supreme lyrical achievement! Profound and outworldy...simply sublime - Tolkien's greatest poem, beautifully adapted! Thank you!
I’ve been hoping to see this one come up for ages! Great work as always!
It is mentioned that trees will move in the fields of the shire, this is possible to be the ent wives since the shire is almost exactly what they look for
Alas, it probaly was Old Man Willow and his brood.
That's an interesting thought.
The Author himself wrote in a letter that he thought they were dead he did let the ent wives die. So ...
Wow! As usual, your family never fails to impress! I love your work and sincerely hope it continues apace!
It is with work like this, that you may close your eyes, and you leave unto another world. Thank you God. Thank you Tolkien. Thank you Clamavi De Profundis.
The fact thet Ents are perishing, adds so much magic, nostaligia, and sadness to this song. If the Ent-Wives were found, we would be happy but we wouldn't have such masterpieces.
I hoped that in the Winter stanza the Ent would convince her, because winter forest is beautiful while winter field and garden dead. Guess she is irreformable.
Also respect to the female singer for hitting that looooooow note!
This song is sung beautifully. They are so talented and as a huge Tolkien fan, all the songs that they did so far are well done. They sung all my favorite Tolkien poems, and now I can't stop listening. I hope that one day they come out with the Beren and Tinuviel peom, I'm really curious to see how they would interpret and sing the song.
Loved the Concerning Hobbits theme in between verses!
I was nearly crying... I love the ents sad story and hearing this music is just amazing. Thank you.
Quite good. It would be amazing to hear one of his longer poems like the Lay of Lethian, but I realize that would be very difficult
William Hinton That’s relatively short to some of the stuff he’s done. He wrote half the the full Silmarillion as an Epic Poem, all just one long song
In a way this song is sad because it's about two people who want different things in life, and are struggling to make their romance work because of that; but it's also hopeful at the end because they both mutually give up their spaces and go on into the unknown in the hopes of finding a 'place' they can both be happy. For the actual ents, this is a physical land, but on a meta level it can be compromise and overcoming binary thinking, either/or thinking, and finding a solution.
"I was forgetting: singing that song put me in mind of old times; almost thought that I was talking to young Entings, I did. Well you can lie on the bed. I am going to stand in the rain. Good night!"
i genuinely cried from how beautyful this is
Lyrics (according to the closed captions):
When scream unfolds the peach and leaf
And Sap is in the
When light is on the wild hold stream
And wind is on the brow
When stride is long and breath is deep
And keen the mountain
Come back to
Oh
To
And say my land is
When spring is come to goth and field
And corn is in for blue
Like a shiny is on the fortune
Sure
Son apone
Earth was free
This field
Oh
And will not come because my is
When some
Upon the
And
The rules of sleeping means
The dreams of trees unfold
When woodland halls are green and cool
And wind is in
first
cool
see
is
When some
Fruit and burns up
Brown
Straw is good and it is white and
Harvest comes to town
Nice pills and a ball swells the wind be
Though
Beneath the sun
Because my land is best
When winter comes the winter wild
That hill and would slay
When tree shall fall
And starless nights
Deep our a sunless day is in
Then
It
I
And all through the
The
Winter comes and simians
When darkness falls at last
When broken is
Oh wait
And we meet again we will take me
Together we will take the road
That leads into the world
First and four will find island
Where both our hearts mara
You
You
This song means so much to me now.
Come back to me.
You guys are so awesome. You do Tolkiens works proud.
Personal request though: we've gotten the ents, the dwarves, the elves the men and even the hobbit songs of Lotr. Any chance you'll do the orcs next?
Yes it could be great to have got an orc song
Cole Napier Wait, orcs have songs?
Annie Park Yeah, Goblin town and fifteen birds. At the least.
Goblins have songs, orcs not really.
Spectrum Goblins and orcs are interchangeable actually, it's in the forward for the hobbit.
Barrum barrummm!
Barrum daroom!
I stumbled across your channel, and I'm glad.
Your music is awesome. And, it caught my wife's attention too.
Well done.
You give new life to the awesome world of Arda! Thank you
It 40°c here in Italy, and still i've got goosebumps. Marvellous song
hear it while reading the book. Almost make me cry and my skin goosebump. Great masterpiece Mr. Tolkien.
I cannot even fathom from whence these original compositions come from. You guys are bloody muses
listening to this, I can hear the sadness and longing in the song. It is a good song, and you guys did it very well. Thank you guys for another amazing video! and the 30 dislikes can be scattered across middle earth with the orcs after Sauron's fall.
I would like to say lots of things but I will say only this : thank you.
Wow, this was gorgeous. The last stanzas brought me to tears. Outstanding work!
This is very very good. At first I wasn’t impressed. Then by the end I was completely sold.
BRAVO
This song is beautiful as it is sad.
The implementation of the sad Gondor theme was great. Always enjoy your videos.
I dont know why this music is relatively underated.... it was one of the best from you guys! Even if its a sad one. Hugs from Brazil!!!
I'm sorry but that Shire theme made me actually sob. Not just, you know, softly cry but honest-to-God sob.
The six dislikes, Not even Melkor is evil enough to do that.
Sauron may only have been Morgoths lieutenant, but he was the more evil one. Apparent, as it seems 28 of his minions have disliked the video
Christian Krarup Melkor created the orcs by torturing elves into madness, breaking their spirits and twisting their minds.
Mark Tresztian And it requires such evil to drive someone to the madness here
That harmony for the duet was absolutely beautiful. No words.
Simply amazing. Waiting for the Cantos of the Lay of Leithian
Every time I listen to one of your songs Im reminded that I really need to read the books. There's so much interesting lore that just isn't in the movies!
The movies are just incomplete
Kapacidad Yes, please read the books!
John Idolinton And sometimes complete nonsense.
you're right. I rhave read the books 3 times and the silmarillion 1 time
You all do such great work - please keep it up!
I'd love to hear an arrangement by you of The Song of the Mounds of Mundberg, or From Dark Dunharrow.
Matt Clem agreed, have you heard Stephen Oliver's phenomenal versions though?
I have not! Could you provide a link?
Just search for "Stephen Oliver - Lord of the rings", 59 minute long video with the soundtrack from the excellent BBC abridged LOTR adaption. There's a helpful comment that breaks down the 59 minutes into individual tracks.
Goosebumps. Thank you for this amazing melody.
Congratulations you made me legit cry.
Magnificent, you guys captured the essence of Ents in this song!! Keep up the good work!
5:17. Holy Varda, that sure kicked it to another level.
Amazing simply amazing. The ents were trulybthe most tragic beings in middle earth
I feel like there is a deeper and darker train of thought in this song/poem, centered around the end of the circle of all things known in Norse mythology as the day of RAGNARÖK.
This is particularly evident in the last few lines about what winter's cold days entail.
I tip my hat to you! That was amazing! Your deep voices and slow song really suit the ents!
My boyfriend and I both really enjoy your music, and today happens to be his birthday, what a great surprise for him!
I love that kid's voice! every song with him became angelic
Such a beautiful song ❤ Hit's different when you are playing this instead of reading the poem in the treebeard chapter . Thank you so much for uploading this 😇
Amazing! I love yours songs. All of them are great.
Thank you so much for making my life better
I cry every time I listen to this great job
What a beautiful masterpiece! A perfect interpretation of the text.
Beautifully captured. Well done once again, keep up the amazing work guys!
This is beautiful, as always ! I love your work, please don't stop ^^