Dirge of the Red Lions

Dirge of the Red Lions.

Sang to the Tune of "When the Tigers Broke Free" By Pink Floyd

T’was just before dawn One hopeless dark morning in 3430 When our King and Commander Gil’ Galad, went on to the Mountain When he would asked that his Lords be withdrawn And Numenor gave thanks As the Elven ranks held back The Trolls and the Orcs for a while And the Towers of the Teeth Were held for the price Of a few extraordinary lives.

And kind Isildur Sent Mother a note When he learned Caran-Rhaw’s Lord was gone. It was, I recall, In the form of a scroll, With gold leaf adorned, And I found it one day In the armories below, hidden away. And my eyes still grow damp to remember Elendil’s heir signed it With his own seal and stamp

It was dark all around There was blood on the ground When the Black Orcs broke free No Lord there was saved From the Vanguard of troops from the Wood or the Sea. They all went to their graves Most of them dead, The rest of them dying Thus ends how the Dark Lord took All the Red Lions from me.