(©Shirley Starke 1991)</p>

Tell me O Wanderer, where are you going to,<br>
Where are you going in the morning so fine?<br>
Where are you going and may I go with you?<br>
May I be your friend, will you be a friend of mine?</p>

Tell me O Wanderer, where have you come from?<br>
Where have you learned the great things you must know?<br>
Tell me, O where is your home if you have one,<br>
Home that you left many ages ago?</p>

O, is your staff a rod or a scepter?<br>
Under your hat are you wearing a crown?<br>
What are you called in the halls of the mountains?<br>
What is your name in the fair lands beyond?</p>

You I remember, though I have not seen you.<br>
Do I recall you from legend or lore?<br>
O, have you come to bring peace to our people?<br>
Or have you come to lead us in war?</p>

<b><u>Comments</b></u><br>
Artist Comment: "<i>Song for the White Rider</i> was written in 1968, after I'd read <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> for the first time. The style is merely my own; I did not attempt to imitate the inimitable. It is neither more nor less than a first reaction, sometimes accurately reflecting what I read, sometimes not, but expressing my wonder at the beginnings of an understanding that would grow for a lifetime."</p>