The mountain throne once more is freed!
O! Wandering folk, the summons heed!
Come haste! Come haste! Across the waste!
The king of friend and kin has need
Now call we over the mountains cold
'Come back unto the caverns old!
Here at the gates the king awaits
His hands are rich with gems and gold
The king has come unto his hall
Under the Mountain dark and tall
The Wyrm of Dread is slain and dead
And ever so our foes shall fall
Farewell we call to hearth and hall!
Though wind may blow and rain may fall
We must away, ere break of day
Far over the wood and mountain tall
This is the beginning of the song Merry and Pippin sang when they began their journey from Buckland to Rivendell, “made on the model of the dwarf-song that started Bilbo on his adventure long ago”. This was done to remind readers that the story in the  Lord of the Rings  is still connected to  The Hobbit .