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

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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 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"

The song is sung during the trip [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and [[Samwise Gamgee|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!'' ''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.''

:''Where there's a whip, there's a way!'' ''We don't wanna go to war today!'' [scene of Frodo and Sam] ''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!''

==Covers==
* World Without Sundays recorded a more electronic/rock version for the DVD, [[Ringers: Lord of the Fans]].

==External links==
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ipvi1DhemhM Clip from the movie at YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljEzSRQn4eM World Without Sundays cover]

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