Wood concludes from a Christian point of view that A Walking Song references the inevitable journey towards death and beyond. Elgin, A Walking Song is 'a song about the roads that go ever on until they return to at last to the familiar things they have always known.' The journeys of Bilbo and Frodo have been interpreted as such a confined road as they both start and end their respective adventures in Bag End. According to Tom Shippey, the name Bag End is a direct translation of French cul-de-sac meaning a dead end or a road with only one outlet. The road in A Walking Song has been seen as a metaphor for destiny and experience for both Bilbo and Frodo that begins at their home Bag End.

Frodo sings part of the song with slightly changed words, as he is leaving for the Undying Lands. 'A Walking Song' is mirrored at the end of the novel, in the chapter 'The Grey Havens'. Ī different walking song, ' The Road Goes Ever On', appears in different versions in The Hobbit, the first and third chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring – the first two by Bilbo, the third instance spoken by Frodo, alongside 'A Walking Song' and again in chapter six of The Return of the King, where again it is voiced by Bilbo. After the song ends, the hobbits encounter a Black Rider for the second time. GOLLUM: - always.Frodo's uncle Bilbo Baggins, who had adopted him, had made up the words 'to a tune that was as old as the hills, and taught it to Frodo as they walked in the lanes of the Water-valley and talked about Adventure'. Stout-hearted Sam who wouldn’t let me fall, (after a moment) It’s not me they’ll remember, you know? (getting no response) Sam?įRODO: Sing me the tale of the bravest of them all. (laughs)įRODO: Oh, for a piece of Mrs Bracegirdle’s plumcake.įRODO: They’re all so far away. SAM: Better than he is in real life, anyway. SAM: Sword at his side, an Elf-blade called Sting,

SAM: I wonder what kind of story we’ve landed in. But they weren’t, were they? They were just things they got landed in. Harfoots who planted and Stoor folk who ploughed,įallohide blood in your veins makes you proud,įRODO: You know, I used to think the great adventures in the old songs and tales were things special folk went out looking for. Stubborn as bindweed and tough as old briar,įRODO takes off his hood and settles down beside SAM. SAM: Sing me a story of heroes of the Shire, You know, the trouble is, we Hobbits only really like stories that end up just the way they started, don’t we? Who knows? People went on journeys and they had big adventures, but nothing ever really seemed to change/changed, did it? Not like this. SAM: You know the stories in the old songs and tales, the ones we used to sing around the big fire at the Ivy Bush. SAM: No more Elves? That’ll change everything. Without it, there will be no more Elves, no more magic - anywhere. You see, Lady Galadriel’s ring is what protects Lothlórien, it protects their home. If the One Ring goes, then all rings lose their power. We’re going to make sure he doesn’t.įRODO: Whether we do or not, the Elves will still leave. Remember when we left the Shire? We met those Elves heading West.įRODO: They were leaving, Sam. It’s something Lady Galadriel said in Lothlórien, and something she wouldn’t tell me. She said it might reward us when we get home.įRODO: I don’t know if things will ever be how they used to be, Sam. (he gets up and approaches FRODO) Lady Galadriel gave me this. SAM: And then we’ll walk South to those… doomy fires, whatever they’re called so we’ll have this over with and get back to the Shire and how things used to be before we ever heard of magic rings and the like… (spotting something in his bag) Here, look. GOLLUM freezes and turns, hit by a sudden realisation. SAM: (to GOLLUM) Wait! (to FRODO) You’re going to eat something, Frodo Baggins, before we take another step.

GOLLUM turns to the Hobbits and signals for them to follow him. Let’s eat something to keep our spirits up. SAM: (sitting down and unpacking his bag) Come on. Maybe four if we get all the cover we can. Do you miss him?įRODO: I miss his bushy eyebrows and his quick temper. SAM: Look at it, the way it lights up the sky - it reminds me of one of Mr Gandalf’s fireworks. FRODO is more weary than before. GOLLUM points. The Hobbits are wearing their Elven cloaks. This is my own transcript of the scene, not the official script.Ī deserted place close to Mordor.

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