The Stone Troll

The Stone Troll was a poem sung to an old tune by Samwise Gamgee after he, Frodo Baggins, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Peregrin Took, and Strider found the three trolls that had been turned to stone during Bilbo Baggins' earlier adventure. Sam did not disclose where he learned the song, but Frodo maintained that Sam made it up himself.The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Ch. XII: "Flight to the Ford" J.R.R. Tolkien made a recording of the song, with a slight variation on the lyrics.
It was later recorded in the Red Book of Westmarch.The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book, "Preface" It is included in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book.
==Text==
:Troll sat alone on his seat of stone, 
:And munched and mumbled a bare old bone; 
::For many a year he had gnawed it near, 
:::For meat was hard to come by. 
::::Done by! Gum by! 
::In a cave in the hills he dwelt alone, 
:::And meat was hard to come by.
:Up came Tom with his big boots on. 
:Said he to Troll: ‘Pray, what is yon? 
::For it looks like the shin o’ my nuncle Tim, 
:::As should be a-lyin’ in graveyard. 
::::Caveyard! Paveyard! 
::This many a year has Tim been gone, 
:::And I thought he were lyin’ in graveyard.’
:‘My lad,’ said Troll, ‘this bone I stole. 
:But what be bones that lie in a hole? 
::Thy nuncle was dead as a lump o’ lead,
:::Afore I found his shinbone. 
::::Tinbone! Thinbone! 
:He can spare a share for a poor old troll, 
:For he don’t need his shinbone.’
:Said Tom: ‘I don’t see why the likes o’ thee 
:Without axin’ leave should go makin’ free 
::With the shank or the shin o’ my father’s kin; 
:::So hand the old bone over! 
::::Rover! Trover! 
::Though dead he be, it belongs to he; 
:::So hand the old bone over!’
:‘For a couple o’ pins,’ says Troll, and grins, 
:‘I’ll eat thee too, and gnaw thy shins. 
::A bit o’ fresh meat will go down sweet! 
:::I’ll try my teeth on thee now. 
::::Hee now! See now! 
::I’m tired o’ gnawing old bones and skins; 
:::I’ve a mind to dine on thee now.’
:But just as he thought his dinner was caught, 
:He found his hands had hold of naught. 
::Before he could mind, Tom slipped behind 
:::And gave him the boot to larn him. 
::::Warn him! Darn him! 
::A bump o’ the boot on the seat, Tom thought, 
:::Would be the way to larn him.
:But harder than stone is the ﬂesh and bone 
:Of a troll that sits in the hills alone. 
::As well set your boot to the mountain’s root, 
:::For the seat of a troll don’t feel it. 
::::Peel it! Heal it! 
::Old Troll laughed, when he heard Tom groan, 
:::And he knew his toes could feel it.
:Tom’s leg is game, since home he came, 
:And his bootless foot is lasting lame; 
::But Troll don’t care, and he’s still there 
:::With the bone he boned from its owner. 
::::Doner! Boner! 
::Troll’s old seat is still the same, 
:::And the bone he boned from its owner!
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Arabic 	القزم الحجري
Belarusian Cyrillic	Каменны троль
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Старият трол
Chinese 	石头食人妖
Dutch 	De stenen Trol
Finnish 	Kivipaaden peikko
French 	Le Troll de pierre
Georgian 	ქვის ტროლი
German 	Der Steintroll
Italian 	Il Troll di pietra
Persian 	ترول سنگی
Polish 	Kamienny Troll
Russian 	Каменный тролль
Spanish 	El troll de piedra
Swedish 	Stentrollet
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Кам'яний троль
==References==
fr:Chanson de Troll
it:Poesia di Sam sul Vagabondo
pl:Kamienny Troll
Category:Poems in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Category:Poems in The Fellowship of the Ring