Old songs of mirth

The Lake-men had made many "old songs of mirth"The Hobbit, Chapter XIV: "Fire and Water" representing their legends. Many of which were considered to be prophecies heralding the return of the King under the Mountain.The Hobbit, Chapter X: "A Warm Welcome"
==History==
These songs were part of a shadowy tradition of remembering tales and legends. While the songs were promoted by the Master of Lake-town for his own popularity, they were sung by only a few people who believed them. Many of the old songs were about the Thorin II, the Sack of Erebor, and the Lords of Dale. The people who believed in these songs thought that upon the return of the king, the Long Lake would run golden and they would all be wealthy. There were also songs which spoke of the dragon dying a sudden death, though these ones were influenced by the Master.
During the Quest of Erebor, the people of Lake-town sang one of these songs in particular upon the arrival of Thorin II and his Company.
Immediately prior to the destruction of Lake-town by Smaug, the prophecies were thought to be coming true and the old songs of mirth were sang by many. After the Smaug's death, the Master turned the people against Thorin by blaming the Dwarves for making them believe in such songs.
The following song comes from the snatches that the Lake-men sang at the arrival of Thorin's company.
==Poem==
The King beneath the mountains,
 The King of carven stone,
The lord of silver fountains
 Shall come into his own!
His crown shall be upholden,
 His harp shall be restrung,
His halls shall echo golden
 To songs of yore re-sung.
The woods shall wave on mountains
 And grass beneath the sun;
His wealth shall flow in fountains
 And the rivers golden run.
The streams shall run in gladness,
 The lakes shall shine and burn,
All sorrow fail and sadness
 At the Mountain-king's return!
==Adaptations==
===The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug===
In the second film of The Hobbit film trilogy in 2013, the particular song that appears in the book is rearranged to make the people dread the coming of the dragon rather than believe that they would all be rich.
The lord of silver fountains
 The King of carven stone,
The King beneath the mountains,
 Shall come into his own!
And the bells shall ring in gladness,
 At the Mountain-king's return!
But all shall fail in sadness
 And the lake will shine and burn,
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Ou liedere van vreugde
Albanian 	Këngë të vjetra gëzimi
Arabic 	أغاني قديمة من البهجة
Armenian 	Ուրախության հին երգեր
Assamese 	ৰণি আনন্দৰ গীত
Asturian 	Vieyes canciones de alegría
Azerbaijani 	Köhnə şadlıq mahnıları
Belarusian Cyrillic	Старыя песні радасці
Bengali 	হাসির পুরনো গান
Bosnian 	Stare pjesme veselja
Breton 	Kanaouennoù kozh a levenez
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Стари песни за веселие
Burmese 	ပျော်ရွှင်မှု သီချင်းဟောင်းတွေ
Cambodian 	បទចម្រៀងចាស់នៃការរីករាយ
Catalan 	Velles cançons d'alegria
Cebuano 	Karaang mga kanta sa kasadya
Chinese 	欢乐的老歌
Croatian 	Stare pjesme veselja
Czech 	Staré písně veselí
Danish 	Gamle sange af glæde
Dari 	آهنگ های قدیمی شادی
Dutch 	Oude liederen van vrolijkheid
Estonian 	Vanad rõõmulaulud
Faroese 	Gamlir gleðisangir
Filipino 	Mga lumang kanta ng saya
Finnish 	Vanhoja ilon lauluja
French 	Vieilles chansons de joie
Friulian 	Cjançons vecjis di alegrie
Galician 	Antigos cantos de alegría
Georgian 	მხიარულების ძველი სიმღერები
German 	Alte lieder der freude
Greek 	Παλιά τραγούδια της ευθυμίας
Gujarati 	આનંદના જૂના ગીતો
Hawaiian 	ʻO nā mele kahiko o ka hauʻoli
Hebrew 	שירים ישנים של שמחה
Hindi 	आनंद के पुराने गीत
Hungarian 	Régi öröménekek
Icelandic 	Gamlir gleðisöngvar
Indonesian 	Lagu-lagu kegembiraan yang lama
Irish Gaelic 	Sean-amhráin na lúcháire
Japanese 	歓喜の古い歌
Javanese 	Lagu-lagu lawas saka bungah
Kannada 	ಸಂತೋಷದ ಹಳೆಯ ಹಾಡುಗಳು
Kazakh 	Ескі шаттық әндері (Cyrillic) Eski şattıq änderi (Latin)
Konkani 	उल्लासाचीं पोरणीं गितां
Korean 	환희의 옛 노래
Kurdish 	Stranên kevin ên şahiyê (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Эски жыргал ырлары
Laotian 	ເພງເກົ່າໆ ຂອງຄວາມສຸກ
Latin 	Vetus carmina laetitiae
Latvian 	Vecās prieka dziesmas
Lithuanian 	Senos džiaugsmo dainos
Luxembourgish 	Alte Lidder vu gléck
Macedonian Cyrillic	Стари песни на радост
Malayalam 	പഴയ സന്തോഷഗാനങ്ങൾ
Malaysian 	Lagu-lagu keriangan lama
Manx 	Sean-arraneyn jeh boggey
Marathi 	आनंदाची जुनी गाणी
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Хуучин баясгалангийн дуунууд
Nepalese 	आनन्दका पुराना गीतहरू
Norwegian 	Gamle sanger av glede
Pashto 	د خوښۍ زړې سندرې
Persian 	آهنگ های قدیمی شادی
Polish 	Stare pieśni radości
Portuguese 	Velhas canções de alegria
Punjabi 	ਅਨੰਦ ਦੇ ਪੁਰਾਣੇ ਗੀਤ
Romanian 	Cântece vechi de veselie
Russian 	Старые песни веселья
Sanskrit 	हर्षस्य पुरातनगीतानि
Sardinian 	Cantos betzos de allegria
Scottish Gaelic 	Seann òrain gàirdeachais
Serbian 	Старе песме радости (Cyrillic) Stare pesme radosti (Latin)
Sicilian 	Vecchi canzuni di allegria
Sindhi 	خوشيءَ جا پراڻا گيت
Sinhalese 	පැරණි ප්‍රීති ගීත
Slovak 	Staré piesne o veselosti
Slovenian 	Stare pesmi od veselje
Somali 	Heeso farxadeed oo qadiim ah
Spanish 	Viejas canciones de alegría
Swahili 	Nyimbo za kale za furaha
Swedish 	Gamla sånger av glädje
Tajik Cyrillic 	Сурудҳои кӯҳнаи шодӣ
Tamil 	மகிழ்ச்சியின் பழைய பாடல்கள்
Tatar 	Иске шатлык җырлары
Telugu 	ఆనందము యొక్క పాత పాటలు
Thai 	เพลงเก่าๆ แห่งความรื่นเริง
Turkish 	Eski neşe şarkıları
Turkmen 	Köne şatlyk aýdymlary
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Старі радісні пісні
Urdu 	خوشی کے پرانے گانے
Uzbek 	Қадимги қувонч қўшиқлари (Cyrillic) Qadimgi quvonch qoʻshiqlari (Latin)
Venetian 	Vecchie canzoni de allegria
Vietnamese 	Những bài hát vui vẻ cũ
Welsh 	Hen ganeuon llawenydd
Yiddish 	אַלטע לידער פֿון שמחה
Yoruba 	Atijọ awọn orin ti ayo
==References==
Category:Poems in The Hobbit