I Sit Beside the Fire and Think (Sung by Rob Inglis)

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien. Excerp from the audiobook, sung by the narrator Rob Inglis. I searched for it on TH-cam but couldn't find this particular version.

[@Quilter1977]

I've read LOTR since I was a child. This rereading was the Rob Inglis audiobook. My stepfather has dementia now. This song made me think of him, and had me in tears.

[@sumiolsonsalesandmarketing]

For me, the definitive voice for The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. I can tolerate no other reading or voice. I listen to both at least once a year. So goes without saying, I love this version of a moving song and am so pleased you have provided it and the other songs. Thanks!

[@tylors198]

Yes agreed and totally get the listening all the time I probably listen to the series 3 times a year along with Harry Potter

[@atimholt]

This just popped into my head, and I had to hear it again. Glad I found it on TH-cam.

[@tylors198]

Post more of theese from the hobbit and lord of the rings

[@sandrariggs9481]

Does anyone know what the tune is?

[@johnmccann1960]

I sit beside the fire and think
of all that I have seen
of meadow-flowers and butterflies
in summers that have been;

Of yellow leaves and gossamer
in autumns that there were,
with morning mist and silver sun
and wind upon my hair.

I sit beside the fire and think
of how the world will be
when winter comes without a spring
that I shall ever see.

For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood in every spring
there is a different green.

I sit beside the fire and think
of people long ago
and people who will see a world
that I shall never know.

But all the while I sit and think
of times there were before,
I listen for returning feet
and voices at the door.