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Mumbles of the Rhyming Rider



 

King Théoden , musters the fighting men!
Saruman's poison, from his soul has shed!
War is upon us short is our time!
The Horselords march, in endless lines! 

North of White Mountains at pace,
Vengeance a-coming for Elendil's race!
With furious hearts the Horselords ride!
On the land of Kings, the Eorlingas fights!

Three nights galloping with speed,
To save their grey-eyed brothers in need!
Théoden's army races through the night,
To charge into the long awaited fight! 

With fury at heart and his loyal steed!
Every rider from shame is freed!

With us comes the Sun and Darkness shall fall,
as fey-lords of yore the Eorlings shall charge one and all!
With a wild cry from our throats, we'll retake the battlefield!
Till the foe is driven off, till the dead wake from sleep!

Rejoiced with strength Théoden-king with bellowed breath!
Chants with his warriors for death, death, death! 

Oh! Hear the horns, with all, their power blow!
Numenor's, heirs rejoice, the Horselords honour their oaths!
At the fourth day we arrive , bringing with us a hope for life!
As Darkness looms and our trumpets boom!

Deciding strike! By spear and hoove! We charge forth!
A tide of green clad warriors sends its message from the North!

Three nights galloping with speed,
To save their grey-eyed brothers in need!
Théodens army races through the night,
To charge into the long awaited fight! 

Théodens army rode through the night,
Where as a true hero he fell in the fight!
Together with Snowmane his steed!
Among their fathers, from shame freed!

Vengeance a-coming for Elendil's race!
With furious hearts the Horselords ride! 
 

--

As moon ventures from the sky,

Sun sets with it's golden light, 

 

The horns then crack the ears,

The horseman's rescue's near,

 

Songs and cries erupt from throats,

Oaths and curses new and old,

 

Neighing steeds flick their manes,

Men stand behind banners and thanes, 

 

O, then signal is called with a cheer,

There's no time for worry and fear,

 

As mighty hooves trample the earth,

There steel is drawn with vengeance and mirth,

 

Time has come to honor the vow,

So brace yourself, shield yourself,

Mundburg needs us now!

 

--

Oh rider, oh rider, oh rider, he rode!

Through marsh and through field he stumbled and strode!

He sangs countless songs both new and both old!

His steed his best lover, so did he boast!

Oh rider, oh rider, oh rider, he rode!

Swam through rivers, crawled on the road!

His wife was a pain, his mother a pest!

His father a menace, his brother was mean!

That's why he went on the saddle, with wild abandon!

Never again to be seen!

--

Come Rohir-brothers, draw your swords to the heavens,

Fight for freedom , kin and our land,

Death to the orcs and Dunlendings

​End their lives and burn their camps,

Rohir-brothers hold true to Eorl,

Remember tales of ancient might,

 

Grab for the weapons, swear oaths on the Hunter

Don't fear your death for victory awaits!

 

Those that dishonored our land,

will pay the price with their heads

Those that brutally murdered kin

will color the meadows with their blood a deep-red!

Rohir-brothers stay true with the Reeves,

Hear riders gallop in the night!

 

Grab for the weapons, swear oaths on the Hunter

Don't fear your death for victory awaits

 

Never foes shall Rohan win

The White Hand will never steal our hearts

They can try our riches win,

Assured one's end that faces Rohan's wrath

Rohir-brother the time for bravery has come,

Hear battle raging over all the Mark!

 

Grab for the weapons, swear oaths on the Hunter

Don't fear your death for victory awaits!

---

-Hammerhand (how it really went)

 
I am Helm Hammerhand! And on a Mamuk I ride a-round!

I cook my food on Mount Doom!

Killing dragons easier than having my beard groomed!

Eorl and Bema are cousins of me, but in no age I have them seen!!
 
I am Helm, Hammerhand
And on a mamûk I ride a-round!
I am Helm Hammerhand
and at sunday on the biggest trolls!
 
A crazy Hillman had heard of my name,
came to Meduseld with all his haste,
with threats and lies he wanted my daughter claimed,
But I hit him in the face and the problem was as soon away!
I'm a true champion, come and blow on my horn!
  
I am Helm Hammerhand and on a mamuk I ride a-round!

I am Helm Hammerhand and at sunday the biggest trolls!

I sneak over the hills of the Mark! 

The easterlings have come to burn my yard!

By moonless night I come from my Deep,

haunt them in their camps and their sleep!

But they'll not get me! No not get me! They'll get me never! Ever! Ever!! Because I'm Helm Hammerhand and on a mamuk I ride around!!

I'm Helm Hammerhand and at sunday the biggest trolls!

Of the first line I am last king!! Eternal fear of the Dunlending! 

I'm the Hammerhand if it's true!  ..And the ladies I work on with my club!

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((All poems made up by myself, the one (Hammerhand) is inspired from the song "vulgaris magistralis" by "Normaal"/"Heidevolk" ))
 
--
 
The crops lush and green,
honey sweetly seeps from the hive, gold it's sheen!
House of wood broad and tall,
within cooks farmer's wife, for the mischievous children all!
The farming man his golden hair,
his skin baked brown by the hot sun, gave the barking dogs a glare!
The broth prepared for bellies empty,
This meal was fated to none, for the grinning beasts ran off with it like little thieves!
 
---
 
Eorl forges the Eored together, binds the northmen with their blood!
Many oaths have been sworn, of heroism and brotherhood!
Surrounded by fire, a hail of arrows, we sing of the fury that ignites from our hearts.
The Eorlings risk their lives as they ride upon Calenard.
 
We'll raise the horn and then we'll drink, to those who fell by foe's hand! From far away we've come and we descend now on Calenard!
The spear's aim is for the kill, we love the bloodshed of war!
The Eorlings by force will win, at the boom of Eorl's command!
The place where once battle was waged, now lies dormant and still.
The field where we rode with fury into the easterlings!
 
Riddermark! Your hills and meadows!
Riddermark! Lush and green!
Riddermark! The Eorlings fight!
Riddermark! The land awaits!
Riddermark! Eorl brought us here!
Riddermark! Our new home!
Riddermark! In evil's hands!
Riddermark! You'll be freed soon!
 
We proudly left the battlefield, our shields yet born aloft!
The spear in the battle broken, while at Evil's servants we scoff!
Warmly welcomed by the women, beauty sparks the eye once more.
We'll drink to the noble fallen, they who passed on with honour.
 
In the Riddermark I live with my brothers.
There now lie our hearts.
There we start new lineages.
And we'll sleep in our tombs.
 
--
 
Saruman's murderous scum, ignites the fire of Eorlings' ire!
In the land that the White Hand has besieged, there grows a want for relief!
The cry for freedom wells up once more, heroism needed like days of yore!
"Brave men with flowing hair, exchange your tools with the spear!"
 
Warriors turn the tide, freed we'll be, from slavery!
The people by the white wizard chained, fights back, it's rights to reclaim!
From shame is freed, he who arms up and mounts his steed!
Brothers fight to save their hide, kings of old, be at our side!
 
Noble deeds done by the Eorlings, 
battle-songs roll from our tongues,
of our home freed from invaders,
children and women filled with pride!
 
The Eorlings regain their honor and freedom once more!
Our fates from us taken, but our lives are not yet forsaken!
Hooves gallop and stomp in the ground, the Orcs and Isengard's hounds!
With Eorlingas' unrelenting ferocity, we will remain forever free!
 
----
 
Folca-king was a hunter-king of Eorl's hold!
He was the chaser of bears and the fear of every boar!
Folca-king loved the thrill of the chase, fearless and bold!
Upon his homecoming he'd have stories by the hundreds galore!
 
Raise your spear! Grab your bow!
Mount your steed! Blow the horn!
 
People of the Mark, lend your ears to the story now told!
Folca-king did not bow for any catch, even when his hair went hoar!
By himself he traveled through the dark parts of Everholt!
Where he met his last catch, even as he himself got gored!
 
His men were however not filled with sorrow cold!
They celebrated him living life through on his terms and more!
Sniveling children claimed him a fool to be doomed!
Yet it didn't go like that at all, because right now he's feasting in Bema's hall!
 
Raise your spear! Grab your bow!
Mount your steed! Blow the horn!
 
---
 
Ear byþ egle eorla gehwylcun,
ðonne fæstlice flæsc onginneþ,
hraw colian, hrusan ceosan blac to gebeddan;
bleda gedreosaþ,
wynna gewitaþ,
wera geswicaþ.
 
Meaning roughly:
The grave is horrible to every knight,
when the corpse quickly begins to cool and is laid in the bosom of the dark earth.
Prosperity declines,
happiness passes away
(and) covenants are broken.