Bilbo's Last Song

Bilbo's Last Song
3rd edition; Red Fox, 2012
AuthorJ. R. R. Tolkien
IllustratorPauline Baynes
LanguageEnglish
GenreVerse
Publication date
1974 as a poster, 1990 as a book
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded bySmith of Wootton Major 
Followed byThe Father Christmas Letters 

Bilbo's Last Song (at the Grey Havens) is a poem by J. R. R. Tolkien, written as a pendant to his fantasy The Lord of the Rings. It was first published in a Dutch translation in 1973, subsequently appearing in English on posters in 1974 and as a picture-book in 1990. It was illustrated by Pauline Baynes, and set to music by Donald Swann and Stephen Oliver. The poem's copyright was owned by Tolkien's secretary, to whom he gave it in gratitude for her work for him.


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