Kings of the West

Tune, Sine Nomine (Ralph Vaughan Williams); words, 1 and 3, The Duke of Númenor; 2, W. W. How, altered

This is the Patriotic Air traditionally sung at the end of the Council-General.

Kings of the West, who reigned in Númenor,

We raise your standard on a foreign shore

Where it will fly in glory evermore:

We shall defend it, Until the King Return.

If we face soldiers fierce or warfare long,

We still can hear your ancient triumph song:

Our hearts grow brave again, our arms grow strong:

We shall fight nobly, Until the King Return.

And when the battles end, and swords are sheathed,

If we as victors be with laurel wreathed,

Still this high motto ever shall be breathed:

"Let us rule wisely, Until the King Return."

• Vocal Score (.pdf)

• Accompaniment (.mp3)

The Royal Standard

Tune, Ebenezer (Thomas John Williams); words, The Duke of Númenor

As our Royal Standard passes,

With its Crown and Stars and Tree,

Think of all its changing greatness,

What was once and what shall be.

High it waved o’er sea and mountain,

Sign and hope of two great lands,

Tall their castles, brave their armies,

Bright the swords in their strong hands.

Years uncounted lie between us,

Songs of heroes go unsung,

Kings and queens, now all forgotten,

Once were names on ev’ry tongue.

Only rumors, hints, and shadows

Fill the storyteller’s page:

But the Standard, still surviving,

Casts its light from age to age.

Here we live in double exile,

Wiser though our strength is less,

Far from Middle-earth, the tree-girt,

Far from foundered Westernesse.

Yet our newly gathered peoples

Live in peace and prosper now,

And the Standard, our chief glory,

Never in defeat shall bow.

• Accompaniment, with final phrase as introduction (.mp3)