The March of the Ents

Being a lost fragment fragment from The Red Book of Westmarch, discovered by crism in April 2002. This ballad has survived in a curiously corrupt form to the present day.

The ents go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah.
The ents go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah!
The ents go marching one by one
To right the damage he has done.
And they all go marching on
Out of the dawn
To the White Wizard's lair.

The ents go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah.
The ents go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah!
The ents go marching two by two
To see what damage they can do.
And they all go marching on
Out of the dawn
To the White Wizard's lair.

The ents go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah.
The ents go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah!
The ents go marching three by three
To Isengard, the pits to see.
And they all go marching on
Out of the dawn
To the White Wizard's lair.

The ents go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah.
The ents go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah!
The ents go marching four by four,
Battering down the fortress door.
And they all go marching on
Out of the dawn
To the White Wizard's lair.

The ents go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah.
The ents go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah!
The ents go marching five by five,
No Uruk-Hai is left alive.
And they all go marching on
Out of the dawn
To the White Wizard's lair.

The ents go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah.
The ents go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah!
The ents go marching six by six,
Saruman's wagon for to fix.
And they all go marching on
Out of the dawn
To the White Wizard's lair.

The ents go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah.
The ents go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah!
The ents go marching seven by seven,
Raising a cleansing steam to heaven.
And they all go marching on
Out of the dawn
To the White Wizard's lair.

The ents go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah.
The ents go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah!
The ents go marching eight by eight,
Leaving their friends to guard the gate.
And they all go marching on
Out of the dawn
To the White Wizard's lair.

The ents go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah.
The ents go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah!
The ents go marching nine by nine,
To greet the White Rider and Eorl's line.
And they all go marching on
Out of the dawn
To the White Wizard's lair.

The ents go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah.
The ents go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah!
The ents go marching ten by ten,
To Fangorn returning once again.
And they all go marching on
Into the dawn,
From the White Wizard's lair.