Wayne and Christina


Addenda and Corrigenda to Roverandom (1998)

by J.R.R. Tolkien
Edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond

p. 80, ll. 5–6: ‘We don’t want to lose you, but we think you ought to go.’ These words are from the second verse of ‘Your King and Country Want You’ by Paul Rubens (‘Oh, we don’t want to lose you but we think you ought to go. / For your King and your country both need you so.’). One of the most popular songs in Britain at the start of the World War in 1914, ‘Your King and Country Want You’ was used to persuade young men to enlist for military service. Links to recordings of the song may be found at this web site.

We are grateful to Paul S. Person for pointing this out.

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