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When did Swann write this song?

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After Tolkien's death in 1973 Hill showed the poem to Donald Swann, who liked the poem so much that he set it to music and included it in the second edition of The Road Goes Ever On in 1978.

If you listen to the CD accompanying the third edition of The Road Goes Ever On song cycle, Swann himself has a spoken introduction to this song that tells this story.

And that matches the story on this page of the Donald Swann website [1] as well.

So I think this version of history is extremely probable.

But then, how can we explain that this page of the Donald Swann website [2] lists "Bilbo's Last Song" as something he performed in concert on his tour of Dec 1966 - April 1967?

I suspect that the Swann website is in error (since this page seems to contradict the other page) but I submit this mystery to you Tolkien experts for explanation.... Lawrence King 08:26, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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