Filksong: Moria

[teddywolf]

Original Lyrics "Gloria", by Van Morrison. New lyrics by me.


Scansion is the same, there's one extra line toward the end - I can't remember all of the melody for the life of me, alas.


Moria


Like to tell you ’bout my city, you know she can't be found,
Don't know how many miles she is underground.
You know she always dark like just about midnight,
She scares me really bad, lord, and I don't feel all right.
And her name is m-o-r-i-a,

M-o-r-i-a Moria
M-o-r-i-a Moria
I’m gonna shout it all night Moria
I’m gonna shout it every day, Moria
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.

I come around here just about midnight, ha
She make me feel so good, lord, I wanna say she make me feel all right.
Orcs a-fillin' up her streets, then defiling her stone,
They break on down my door and then they comes to my room,
For them I keep my torches bright,

M-o-r-i-a Moria
M-o-r-i-a Moria
I’m gonna shout it all night Moria
I’m gonna shout it every day Moria
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah,
Speak friend and enter Moria
Running through Moria
Oh no, the Balrog, Moria
All right, yeah now.

Comments

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Moria!
I'm trapped in a mine called Moria....

[almeda.livejournal.com]

ericcoleman has his own version of this, but I don't remember enough of it to tell you where it differs.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Neat! Hope we get to hear you sing it sometime.