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'''Where There's a Whip, There's a Way''' is a song, written by Glenn Yarbrough for the [[1980]] [[Rankin/Bass' The Return of the King|animated movie ''The Return of the King'']]. It is considered campy by some, though not as campy as the ''[[Ballad of Bilbo Baggins]]'' by [[Leonard Nimoy]]. The title is a pun on the proverb "Where there's a will, there's a way"
'''Where There's a Whip, There's a Way''' is a song, written by [[Glenn Yarbrough]] for the [[1980]] [[The Return of the King (1980 film)|animated movie ''The Return of the King'']]. It is considered camp by some, though not as campy as ''[[The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins]]'' by [[Leonard Nimoy]]. The title is a pun on the proverb "Where there's a will, there's a way" and the orc-driver's comment "Where there's a whip, there's a will"<ref>{{RK|Shadow}}</ref>. The tune and tone are very similar to ''[[Down, Down, To Goblin Town]]'', which had appeared in [[The Hobbit (1977 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1977 film)]].


The song is sung during the trip [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] make through [[Mordor]].
The song is sung during the trip [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] make through [[Mordor]].


==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
:''Where there's a whip, there's a way.''<br>''Where there's a whip, there's a way.''<br>''Where there's a whip...''[continues in second voice]<br>
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;">
Where there's a whip, there's a way.
Where there's a whip, there's a way.
Where there's a whip...''[continues in second voice]''


:''We don't wanna go to war today''<br>''But the Lord of the Lash says: "nay, nay, nay!"''<br>''We're gonna march all day, all day, all day!''<br>''Where there's a whip there's a way!''
We don't wanna go to war today
But the Lord of the Lash says: "nay, nay, nay!"
We're gonna march all day, all day, all day!
Where there's a whip there's a way!


:''Where there's a whip, there's a way!''<br>''Left, right, left, right''<br>''The crack on the back says we're gonna fight''<br>''We're gonna march all day and night and more''<br>''For we are the slaves of the Dark Lord.''
Where there's a whip, there's a way!
Where there's a whip, there's a way!
Where there's a whip, there's a way!
Left, right, left, right, left
Where there's a whip, there's a way!
Left, right


:''Where there's a whip, there's a way!''<br>''We don't wanna go to war today!''<br>[scene of Frodo and Sam]<br>''We don't wanna go to war today''<br>''But the Lord of the Lash says: "nay, nay, nay!"''<br>''We're gonna march all day, all day, all day!''<br>''Where there's a whip there's a way!''<br>''Left, right, left right!''
The crack on the back says we're gonna fight
We're gonna march all day and night and more
For we are the slaves of the Dark Lord's war.
Left, right, left, right, left, right
 
Where there's a whip, there's a way!
Where there's a whip, there's a way.
Where there's a whip...''[continues in second voice]''
 
We don't wanna go to war today!
But the Lord of the Lash says: "nay, nay, nay!"
We're gonna march all day, all day, all day!
Where there's a whip there's a way!
Left, right, left right!
 
''[scene of Frodo and Sam]''
 
Where there's a whip!
We don't wanna go to war today!
But the Lord of the Lash says: "nay, nay, nay!"
We're gonna march all day, all day, all day!
Where there's a whip there's a way!
 
</poem>


==Covers==
==Covers==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ipvi1DhemhM Clip from the movie at YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXQJS3Yv0Y Clip from the movie at YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljEzSRQn4eM World Without Sundays cover]
 
[[Category:The Return of the King (1980 film) soundtrack]]


[[Category:Songs]]
{{references}}

Revision as of 18:37, 18 October 2020

Where There's a Whip, There's a Way is a song, written by Glenn Yarbrough for the 1980 animated movie The Return of the King. It is considered camp by some, though not as campy as The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins by Leonard Nimoy. The title is a pun on the proverb "Where there's a will, there's a way" and the orc-driver's comment "Where there's a whip, there's a will"[1]. The tune and tone are very similar to Down, Down, To Goblin Town, which had appeared in The Hobbit (1977 film).

The song is sung during the trip Frodo and Sam make through Mordor.

Lyrics

Where there's a whip, there's a way.
Where there's a whip, there's a way.
Where there's a whip...[continues in second voice]

We don't wanna go to war today
But the Lord of the Lash says: "nay, nay, nay!"
We're gonna march all day, all day, all day!
Where there's a whip there's a way!

Where there's a whip, there's a way!
Where there's a whip, there's a way!
Where there's a whip, there's a way!
Left, right, left, right, left
Where there's a whip, there's a way!
Left, right

The crack on the back says we're gonna fight
We're gonna march all day and night and more
For we are the slaves of the Dark Lord's war.
Left, right, left, right, left, right

Where there's a whip, there's a way!
Where there's a whip, there's a way.
Where there's a whip...[continues in second voice]

We don't wanna go to war today!
But the Lord of the Lash says: "nay, nay, nay!"
We're gonna march all day, all day, all day!
Where there's a whip there's a way!
Left, right, left right!

[scene of Frodo and Sam]

Where there's a whip!
We don't wanna go to war today!
But the Lord of the Lash says: "nay, nay, nay!"
We're gonna march all day, all day, all day!
Where there's a whip there's a way!

Covers

External links

References