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The Road Goes Ever On The Road Goes Ever On The Road Goes Ever On is a song cycle that has been published as a book of sheet music, and as an audio recording. The music was written by Donald Swann, and the words are taken from poems in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings, especially "The Lord of the Rings". The title of this opus is taken from "The Road Goes Ever On", the first song in the collection. The songs form a song cycle, designed to fit together when played in sequence. With Tolkien's approval, Donald Swann wrote the music for this song