GALADRIEL'S DEFENCE
by Raven (Jon Lennart Beck)

Tune: I Shot The Sheriff, Bob Marley.

I slew the Noldo but I did not slay the Teleri.
I slew the Noldo but I did not slay the Teleri.

All around in Beleriand they're trying to track me down.
They say they want to bring me in guilty for the killing of a Teleri,
For the life of a Teleri but I say

I slew the Noldo but I swear it was in self-defence.
I slew the Noldo and they say it is a capital offence.

That Fëanor always scorned them, for what I don't know.
Every time that they launch a ship he said,
'Take it before we leave'.
He said, 'Take it before we leave' but I say

I slew the Noldo but I swear it was in self-defence.
I slew the Noldo but I swear it was in self-defence.

Melkor came our way one day and we started out of town.
All of a sudden I see those Noldor aiming to hew them down
So I slew, I hewed one down but I say

I slew the Noldo but I did not slay the Teleri.
I slew the Noldo but I did not slay the Teleri.

Red anger got the better of me and what is to be, must be.
Every age I have to stay in lovely Laurelindórenan
But one day I will go to Aman but I say

I slew the Noldo but I did not slay the Teleri.
I slew the Noldo but I did not slay the Teleri.