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Where There's a Whip, There's a Way

Where There's a Whip, There's a Way…” is a song from “The Return of the King” animated movie (1980). The song was written by Glenn Yarbrough. It is probably a pun on orc's commentWhere there's a whip, there's a will” (“The Land of Shadow” chapter of LOTR II), which is also a pun on a proverb “Where there's a will, there's a way”.

Where there's a whip, there's a way. (x3)

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! (x3)
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! (x3)

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)

(repeating fragments in different order):
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!

Translation

Amin ash thup, zîgin ash mûl. (x3)

Daknarhiz ukhut ghûtumu zârsh
Ap za Gothauk1) kazhâ: “nar, nar, nar!”
Dakpant thûkhut ârshûk, ârshûk, ârshûk!
Amin ash thup, zîgin ash mûl!

Amin ash thup, zîgin ash mûl! (x3)
Farkh, forg, farkh, forg, farkh!
Amin ash thup, zîgin ash mûl!
Farkh, forg.

Grikum krumumir gashnâ dakpant maukut
Dakpant thûkhut ârshûk agh fugh agh makar
Dak kul snagam ghûthumob Gothbûrzob.
Farkh, forg, farkh, forg, farkh, forg!

Amin ash thup, zîgin ash mûl! (x3)

Daknarhiz ukhut ghûtumu zârsh
Ap za Gothauk kazhâ: “nar, nar, nar!”
Dakpant thûkhut ârshûk, ârshûk, ârshûk!
Amin ash thup, zîgin ash mûl!
Farkh, forg, farkh, forg!

Amin ash thup!
Daknarhiz ukhut ghûtumu zârsh!
Ap za Gothauk kazhâ: “nar, nar, nar!”
Dakpant thûkhut ârshûk, ârshûk, ârshûk!
Amin ash thup, zîgin ash mûl!

1)
goth (lord) + hauk (lash)
translations/whip.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/07 19:38 by 127.0.0.1