Those Merry Young Folk by Flora-lass
Fanwork Notes
This is a feelgood song about older people wanting to give younger people a good time, and taking delight in their joy. It started out with just the title, which is a phrase used by Legolas to describe Merry and Pippin, but it includes various prompts from the 'Midwinter' and 'Eat, Drink and be Merry' boards.
It's inspired by the 'Apple Tree Wassail', which my choir used to use as a warm-up, in terms of rhyming and the tune I imagine it sung to.
Fanwork Information
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Summary: A cheerful song for the new year season. Major Characters: Major Relationships: Genre: Poetry Challenges: Potluck Bingo Rating: General Warnings: |
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| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 138 |
| Posted on 1 January 2025 | Updated on 1 January 2025 |
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This fanwork is complete. | |
Those Merry Young Folk
Read Those Merry Young Folk
Get ready for the merry young folk, they'll soon be heading home!
As darkness falls, we'll deck the halls
And welcome all who come
To feast well and to sing well, and so happy they will be!
Let everyone join in the fun, and decorate the tree.
Now gather round, you merry young folk, it's nearly time for tea!
From snowball fight to candlelight,
Bread, butter and honey.
So feast well, and then sing well, and may gladness fill each heart!
Enjoy a scone (maybe more than one) and the finest apple tart.
Just listen to those merry young folk!
Such joyful noise they make.
From playful jest to each request
For biscuits and seed-cake.
They feast well, and then sing well - how that sound delights the ear!
Echo their song - the night is young -
And let's celebrate the year!
Chapter End Notes
Although this is most likely about hobbits, I like to think it could be about other races too - or a group of people from different races?
How lovely! It is indeed…
How lovely! It is indeed very hobbity, but I can imagine it being sung in Rivendell, too!
What a lovely idea - I hadn…
What a lovely idea - I hadn't thought of that! Thank you. :) I did wonder about Bree...
This was delightful! I…
This was delightful! I listened to the original song that was your inspiration to get the tune, and it was fun to hear the music and read your words at the same time. It has a hobbity feel, but I want to imagine it being sung in Eregion during wintertime. “From snowball fight to candlelight” is a lovely line.
This is such a lovely…
This is such a lovely comment - thank you. :) Wow, imagine the song being old enough to have been sung in Eregion! Maybe Dwarves have always enjoyed scones and seed cake and apple tart...
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Even if it was sung in the…
Even if it was sung in the Shire, it could have been sung elsewhere as well!
Songs have a way of passing from one place to another, perhaps with minor changes.
It is a lovely merry scene!
Thank you so much! It's…
Thank you so much! It's lovely to think of it maybe passing from place to place. :)
That's such a fun song! I…
That's such a fun song! I can absolutely see some hobbits singing this. Dwarves as well. Maybe they learnt it when they were travelling through the Shire to get to Bree for trading?
Oh, i like this idea! And…
Oh, i like this idea! And then maybe they sang it at the Prancing Pony and other folk heard it (she says, modestly). :D Thank you so much for this lovely comment.