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https://soundcloud.com/caty-petersilge/ent-and-the-ent-wife

The words belong to the Ents (read: Treebeard)(read: Tolkien), the melody belongs to Malinky (marvelous group from Scotland - check them out!) ... I combined the two under the influence of a dear friend who was reciting the verse while Malinky's "Pad the Road Wi' Me" played in the background.

As you can gather below, it's mostly an argument between the Ent and Ent-wife over whose land is best.

ENT:
When Spring unfolds the beechen leaf, and sap is in the bough;
When light is on the wild-wood stream, and wind is on the brow;
When stride is long, and breath is deep, and keen the mountain-air,
Come back to me! Come back to me, and say my land is fair!

ENTWIFE:
When Spring is come to garth and field, and corn is in the blade;
When blossom like a shining snow is on the orchard laid;
When shower and Sun upon the Earth with fragrance fill the air,
I'll linger here, and will not come, because my land is fair.

ENT:
When Summer lies upon the world, and in a noon of gold
Beneath the roof of sleeping leaves the dreams of trees unfold;
When woodland halls are green and cool, and wind is in the West,
Come back to me! Come back to me, and say my land is best!

ENTWIFE:
When Summer warms the hanging fruit and burns the berry brown;
When straw is gold, and ear is white, and harvest comes to town;
When honey spills, and apple swells, though wind be in the West,
I'll linger here beneath the Sun, because my land is best!

ENT:
When Winter comes, the winter wild that hill and wood shall slay;
When trees shall fall and starless night devour the sunless day;
When wind is in the deadly East, then in the bitter rain
I'll look for thee, and call to thee; I'll come to thee again!

ENTWIFE:
When Winter comes, and singing ends; when darkness falls at last;
When broken is the barren bough, and light and labour past;
I'll look for thee, and wait for thee, until we meet again:
Together we will take the road beneath the bitter rain!

BOTH:
Together we will take the road that leads into the West,
And far away will find a land where both our hearts may rest.

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Disclaimer: melody belongs to Malinky, words belong to Tolkien
Disclaimer II: this tune is way faster than anything any self-respecting Ent would ever sing - I'm calling myself out on it now, so I won' take flames from no trees, hear??

- Crooked River Fae