Ballad of Sam (unfinished)

Summer’s fair breezes blew
There was no sign of ill
The sky was a peaceful hue
As the sun rose over hill

The trees to one another sung
The birthday song of one
Round and round his mother swung
The Gaffer’s brand new son

Samwise Gamgee faithful true
He grew up fast and strong
With a love for all the things that grew
He gardened all day long

To Bilbo’s house off he’d run
For stories of the land
He’d sit and listen until the sun
Had set beyond the sand

The elven tales Sam loved best
And little did he know
He’d see that fair folk’s mighty crest
When to Rivendell he’d go

Before Sam knew it, he was in a plot
He was spying on his friend
It was almost ruined when he go caught
But he vowed his aid he’d lend

Then one night he woke in fright
A terrible dream he’d had
A rider fell and as black as night
Had stabbed old Bilbo’s lad

Sam was stronger than he thought
He set off in Frodo’s train
Through the Old Forest he fought
Safety he wished to gain

[The End...]