"This Wandering Day" from The Rings of Power (if you haven't yet, you listen to it HERE) - The lyrics fits Snufkin so well

Posters, stickers and merch of this in my MOOMIN SHOP

Textless version under the cut

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.

— J. R. R. Tolkien, The Riddle of Strider

Lately I’ve been missing these two hobbit gals and their singing in particular

I may have gotten a little out of control with how many sets I finished up for this week’s dice drop, but it’s my three year anniversary of dicemaking and I’m excited! If you see anything you like, they’ll be available in my shop March 19 at 5pm EST!

Hi! I just read your ROP thoughts (I agreed with pretty much everything you said) and since I somehow hadn't before I listened to "This Wandering Day" on your recommendation and it was just so wonderful. I think I almost cried too! They really managed to capture Tolkien's songwriting style, and there's just something about Middle-earth music that's really affecting (if I keep talking about Tolkien music I'll inevitably go on a tangent about how much I LOVE Adele McAllister's interpretations). Sorry for rambling haha, I'm not used to just dropping into ask boxes and chatting, I hope that's ok!

Eeek yes, thank you for sharing your thoughts about "This Wandering Day" with me! <3 It's such a lovely and sweet song, and I think many people have missed out on it because of their aversion to or dismissiveness of anything "Rings of Power" related. I hope some can set aside their bias and just enjoy this song for its own merits. There's just something very soothing about it that can comfort the aching soul, which so many of us need.

I agree with you that the lyrics and sweeping melody both evoke the writings of Tolkien and the atmosphere of Middle-earth. It's very "Hobbit-y" too, in that it makes the listener feel like they would want to dare leave the security of home and creature comforts to go out and explore and see what lies out there.

The sun is fast fallin' beneath trees of stone The light in the tower, no longer my home Past eyes of pale fire, black sand for my bed I trade all I've known for the unknown ahead

Call to me, call to me lands far away For I must now wander this wandering day Away I must wander this wandering day

Of drink I have little, and food I have less My strength tells me, "No", but the path demands, "Yes" My legs are so short and the way is so long I've no rest nor comfort, no comfort but song

Sing to me, sing to me lands far away Oh, rise up and guide me this wandering day Please, promise to find me this wandering day

At last comes their answer through cold and through frost That not all who wonder or wander are lost No matter the sorrow, no matter the cost That not all who wonder or wander are lost

Tagging @friendofthefellowshipsnerdblog @laneynoir because I'm not sure whether they've heard this song yet, but I think they will love it! <3

in case anyone is interested, I transcribed the melody for This Wandering Day

Absolutely beautiful version of ‘This Wandering Day’

From Bear McCreary's Blog, in which he discusses his creative process, writing music and score for the rings of power.

Apparently they discovered Megan Richards' wonderful voice thanks to a karaoke night. :)

Sing to me, sing to me lands far away

Oh, rise up and guide me this wandering day

Please, promise to find me this wandering day

An .abc arrangement for The Lord of the Rings Online of “This Wandering Day” from The Rings of Power, composed by Bear McCreary. You can download my McCreary-WanderingDay-Duo-v1.abc from Google Drive!

You can play this with 1 or 2 characters. The “Lute of Ages Melody” line is here previewed on Lute of Ages, but you can use any plucked string you like. If you’re playing solo, you get a pretty simple, ‘naive’ arrangement without too many ornaments. Optionally, you can have a second character join with the “Basic Harp Accompaniment” (which, also, you can play on a different plucked string instrument if you like) which adds a little richer harmony.

so they tweeted THIS regarding This Wandering Day from Rings of Power

clearly i’m up far too late at night for this to be hyping me up the way it is BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE

Song of the day

This wandering day by Bear McCreary and Megan Richards

I'm not even into LotR and yet, I keep getting fandom-swiped by it! But just ... the sheer melancholy of this song! And the way it's arranged to genuinely sound like something someone might sing as they are walking. It's just beautiful!

Favourite lyrics:

Past eyes of pale fire, black sand for my bed I trade all I've known for the unknown ahead

Of drink I have little and food I have less My strength tells me, "No", but the path demands, "Yes"

Update from my earlier dice pouring post!

Watch "This Wandering Day (The Rings Of Power) Cover - feat. Jax The Bard" on YouTube