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When he would asked that his Lords be withdrawn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.