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The Root of the Boot

Archive File: MS 1952/2/9 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: The Root of the Boot

Level: File

Classmark: MS 1952/2/9

Creator(s): Tolkien, J R R (1892-1973)()

Date(s): c.1924

Language: English

Size and medium: manuscript paper; 1 leaf

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/378421

Collection group(s): English Literature

Description

Song written in pen and ink. Written in pencil in the top right hand corner '(The Fox Went Out)', this is the tune to which 'The Root of the Boot' was sung. It was published in 'Songs for the Philologists' (1936). There is some staining to page 1.

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