| Gandalf: O Gondorians and Rohirrim should be friends. O Gondorians and Rohirrim should be friends. One man likes to think and read, The other likes to ride his steed, But that's no reason why they can't be friends. Middle-Earth folks should stick together, Middle-Earth folks should all be pals. Gondorians dance with Rohan shield maidens, Rohirrim dance with Gondor gals! All: Middle-Earth folks should stick together, Middle-Earth folks should all be pals. Gondorians dance with Rohan shield maidens, Rohirrim dance with Gondor gals! Gandalf: Come on Faramir, help me out here! Faramir: I'd like to put a word in for Gondor. Gandalf: Then say it! Faramir: They moved down South and made a lot of changes. Gamling: They came down South and drove out all the Wild men! �omer: And now they come and burn our towns and ranges! Rohirrim Man #1: Why don't those White Tree-huggers stay in Westernese where they belong? Gondrian Man #1: We've got just as much right here as anybody else! Rohirrim Man #1: You reckon so? Gondrian Man #1: I reckon so! Faramir: Gentlemen. Shut up! Gondorians are good and thrifty citizens. Rohirrim Man #2: They're thrifty all right! Faramir: No matter what Rohirrim say or think, You'll seldom see him drinkin' in a mead hall. �omer: Unless somebody else buys him a drink! Faramir: But Gondorians and Rohirrim should be friends. O Gondorians and Rohirrim should be friends. One man likes to think and read, The other likes to ride his steed, But that's no reason why they can't be friends. Middle-Earth folks should stick together, Middle-Earth folks should all be pals. Gondorians dance with Rohan shield maidens, Rohirrim dance with Gondor gals! Gandalf: I'd like to say a word for Rohirrim. Gondorian Man #2: Oh you would? Gandalf: The road they tread is difficult and stony. They ride for days on end with just a pony for a friend. Pippin: I sure am feeling sorry for the pony! Gandalf: Gondorians should be sociable with Rohirrim. If one rides through and asks for food and water, Don't treat him like a louse, Make him welcome in your house. Gondorian Man #3: But be sure that you lock up your wife and daughter! �omer: Who needs a Gondorian woman anyway? Ioreth: Noticed you married one, so as you can get a square meal! The men snicker. Beregond: Hey, you can't talk that way about our women! Gamling: He can say what he wants to say! A fights ensues. Gandalf makes explosions to shut them up. Gandalf: Ain't nobody gonna slug out anything!� This here's a wedding! He holds his sword to Eomer's side. Gandalf: Sing it, Eomer; dumdiddy um dumdum... �omer: O Gondorians and Rohirrim should be friends... All: O Gondorians and Rohirrim should be friends. One man likes to think and read, The other likes to ride his steed, But that's no reason why they can't be friends. Aragorn: And when this world is healed of all the strife, And joy spreads through this land and all the others, Gondorians, Rohirrim, and the hobbits Must all behave themselves and act like brothers. Gandalf takes Merry and Pippin by the hands - they are the miniature embodiments of both sides of the fight. Gandalf: I'd like to teach you all a little saying And learn these words by heart the way you should. I don't say I'm no better than anybody else But I'll be damned if I ain't just as good! All: I don't say I'm no better than anybody else But I'll be damned if I ain't just as good! Middle-Earth folks should stick together Middle-Earth folks should all be pals Gondorians dance with Rohan shield maidens Rohirrim dance with Gondor gals! |
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| SHOULD BE FRIENDS |
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| GONDORIANS AND ROHIRRIM |
| to the tune of The Rancher and the Cowboy Should be Friends from Oklahoma! by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II |
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