Lads in the Shire (MP3, Lyrics) (Patreon)

"The Lads in the Shire" was written by Kelly & Mitchell Petersen with music by me. It was based on a Scottish as Kelly and Mitchell will tell you the story of on the next Pub Songs & Stories podcast.

Lyrics

Come young Hobbit maidens where'er you have beenTo the hills you call home and the Green Dragon InnIn all Middle Earth, you’ll ne’er find a friendLike the lads that were reared in the Shire

* Your Dwarf feasts away in caverns so tallYour parties with Men-folk, your great Elven ballsFor a dance ‘neath the Tree is worth ten in the hallWith the lads that were reared in the Shire

Take a walk ‘round your cities, its walls reach the skyGaze on the White Tree and Tower with pride,But the best pipe-weeds’ grown on the Farthing’s south sideBy the lads that were reared in the Shire

When Gandalf needs bearers or burglars to sendOn a mission quest thing...there and back againEven unto the Black Gates they’re true to the endAre the lads that were reared in the Shire

Now Rivendell boasts of their songs and their proseAnd Fanghorn can boast for the trees that Ents growBut give me the land where the Brandywine flowsAnd the green rolling hills of the Shire

Chords: Key C

[C]Come young Hobbit maidens wher-[Am]e'er you have beenTo the [F]hills you call home and the [C]Green Dragon [G]InnIn [C]all Middle Earth, you’ll [Am]ne’er find a friendLike the [F]lads that were reared in the [G]Shi-[C]re

[Am]Your Dwarf feasts away in [C]caverns so tallYour [F]parties with [C]Men-folk, your [F]great Elven [G]ballsFor a [C]dance ‘neath the Tree is worth [Am]ten in the [F]hallWith the [C]lads that were reared in the [G]Shi-[C]re

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