Intro: Em
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Frodo of the nine fingers
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And the Ring of Doom!
Spoken section
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It has its beginnings two Ages past,
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When Bilbo set forth to reclaim the Dwarves' Gold
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From the dragon Smaug.
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And, while on his quest,
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Bilbo stumbled into a deep, dank cave.
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When Bilbo found that shiny ring
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In Gollum's cave of gloom,
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He never thought that it would turn
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Into a Ring of Doom.
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The dragon Smaug, the spiders, too,
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The goblins, the Elven-king.
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They came to know the power of
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The Hobbit and his Ring.
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Frodo of the nine fingers
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And the Ring of Doom!
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It started with a hobbit
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In Gollum's cave of gloom.
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The power of the Ring, it grew,
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And Gandalf sat, in thought.
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He knew that it must be destroyed
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In fires where it was wrought.
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For, if in evil hands it fell,
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The Earth would know its end.
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No force of arms would win the day,
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No armies could contend.
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Frodo of the nine fingers
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And the Ring of Doom!
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Accepted a heavy burden
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For the fires to consume
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Frodo of the nine fingers
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And the Ring of Doom!
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Why does he have nine fingers?
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Where is the Ring of Doom?