The Hobbit (1977) Soundtrack (OST) - 04. Roads 

"Let go of the moment that life makes you hold"

Don’t make me cry more

I didn’t understand that live until I grew up and traveled

If only we could go back, Icepelt. :)

Agreed, Frost, agreed.

Katie Shady Yes... My best friend's oldest brother passed away very young, and he had always loved JRR Tolkien's work. When we were all very young, we would hike up to the woods wearing blankets as cloaks and carry sticks as swords. Her oldest brother would switch roles, sometimes playing the evil ork chasing us through the woods, or our grand protector from her second brother playing a great troll. This song and all of JRR Tolkien's work will always bring back bittersweet memories of days gone by, and of a friend and fellow brother who died too young - sad, but at the same time filled with happiness for the times we spent adventuring through middle earth. If only i could go back. But then...I guess that is the point of this song - "the road goes ever on and on" and now "I must follow if I can".

Katie Shady your dad is awesome!

Katie Shady That sounds like a lot of fun!

oi 😢 sad

Good lord. I loved both Bean and Holm’s renditions of Bilbo. The world is smaller without them.

@@JimmySteller Well said. The road does indeed go ever on.

This is not the end of their journey death is just a new beginning of the journey

@@JimmySteller I used to listen to Holm as Frodo on the BBC LOTR radio drama

I’m glad to hear that. I’m only 51 and used to listen to the animated movie audio (dialogue and songs) on my record player. The vinyl is still somewhere on my bookshelf and the song still sounds the same,

Good music is timeless.

Same

Hell yeah. I had this on VHS in the mid '90's as a kid, and I'm glad to see people are still making it a part of their lives.

18, same, watched the hobbit and lord of the rings VHS films when I was little

I don't think I ever wanted to hug a character in a movie as badly as i did when i saw then in the Ralph Bakshi film. 😢

Bilbo has so many inspirational quotes

@josaiahcin4176; WELL quoted

"The coward that helped you flush out Smaug; the coward that saved you time & time again?! THIS is madness; 13 against 10,000. Yet you carryon like you're on your way to another Tea Party?!" ~ Bilbo Baggins Your kind will NEVER understand war Hobbit! This, is war....Warrrr!! ~ Thorin Oakenshield

Thanks

Roads go ever, ever on, to the lands beyond the sea. On a white ship will I sail, watching shadows part for me. Leaving havens græy with rain, now the years have slipped away. Leaving friends with gentle pain, as they start another day. Roads I've traveled I must leave, for I've turned the final bend. Weep not empty tears, but grief, as the road comes to an end.

Roads go ever ever on, under cloud and under star, yet feet that wandering have gone, turn at last to Home afar. Roads go ever ever on, eyes that fire and sword have seen, and horror in the halls of stone, look at last on meadows green, and trees and hills they long have known. Roads go ever ever on, over a rock and under tree, by caves were never sun has shown, by streams that never find the sea, over snow by winter sown, and through the merry flowers of June, over grass and over stone, and under mountains in the moon. The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began, now far ahead the road has gone, and I must follow if I can, pursuing it with eager feet, until the joins some larger way, where many paths and errands meet, and whither then I cannot say, The road goes ever on and on, out from the door where it began, now far ahead the road has gone, let others follow it who can, let them a journey new begin, but I am at last with weary feet, will turn towards the lighted inn, my evening rest and sleep to meet. “The Olde Walking Song” by Bilbo Baggins.

thanks

Thank you

SonicDestroyer12 “for we are both hungry and thirsty” and again, “everything about these woods is unpleasant” but close enough!

This os what peter jackson's movie failed to capture

and then SPIDERS!

colin peters best comment here!😆👏🏾👍🏾

That scene always gets to me on such a deep level

Well, sadly he died 3 and a half years ago but here I am enjoying him ;)

@@RoyArrowood a lot of people who voice acted in this gem are gone sadly

Alex Laxson as of writing this Jules Bass is the only living person involved in movie

@@darientyne826 yeah Orson Bean passed away a few months ago didn't he?

This is all sad

+Peter Quinn Must agree with you there. We need to stop dwelling on the mistakes of our past, and move on with life. We spend all of our time trying to perfect ourselves, make ourselves perfect with good looks, or followers on some social media website, when all you really need to do is be kind, and friendly to everyone around you. People look at the bad things going on, the disease, and famine, wishing they could do something. They can, go donate in a canned food drive, or go help in an animal shelter. There are so many bad things that we dwell on, when that time could be spent doing much better things. We need to live life being the best people we can be, and living it to the fullest. I like to keep this mindset, and I hope people read this comment and be inspired. Peace to the world, Awesometotoro123

Too true. I think this song and Greatest adventure are the best songs in the movie. They always come to mind the moment I think of Tolkien's works

Peter Quinn you should always live life that way

Brian Wagner but merry or not. I must leave it now... shattered my heart into peices

Peter Quinn Amen to that, there is no one perfect

rip

Yep!

And in the book, Bilbo sings it at the end.

"I wondered if I would ever see my snug, little hobbit-hole again.. I wondered.. if I even wanted to."

Yes. That is also when he saw all the butterflies

Nickel The Wise Beat me to it.

pearthicorn - same

Yeah! I thought I was the only person who noticed this, it's good to hear that somebody else did too. Sounds like The Last Goodbye was inspired by this!

pixymae Freeman wishes he was this awesome

I enjoyed those films a lot. But I have a soft spot for older movies. They seem... better, for lack of a better word I can't say they're nostalgic, bc I was born in 2000

I agree... 'course that's not saying much.

I don't care. I love both versions because they were clearly trying to accomplish different things.

Thats the truth

The lyrics were written by Tolkien, so the inspiration may have come from there.

Marek Zeman And i think Billy's beautiful sing voice was also derived from Glenn Yarbrough himself. They sound so similar its very uncanny. 😊

The poem is by Tolkien, Bilbo sings it at different points in the books

Mxyzptlksac there are versions of the song, on pages 302 (The Hobbit), and 35, 72, 965, and 1005 (the Lord of the Rings). Still it’s a very beautiful song.

That's because this is literally just an adaption of the "Roads go ever, ever on" from return of the king, of which" it's so easy not to try" is actually the chorus.

Bilbo and gandalf both sing portions in the fellowship

June not Doom.

It cuts out half of the last verse but yes it’s Bilbo’s song when he sees Hobbiton again at the end of the story

😂 fr though😂