Weep for Manetheren - Bardcore Cover in Old Tongue - The Wheel of Time Hildegard von Blingin 2022-04-23 | ▶ Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/7Io0r1DATyAZTor59xSTYO?si=ae805ac79cda47e3▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginCover of Weep for Manetheren, from Amazon's The Wheel of Time. Vocals and instrumental by Hildegard von Blingin', lyrics/translation in collaboration with Bernadette Banner.It's been an age! Thank you all for your patience since my last video. It means the world to me that you still come back for more, and I do appreciate every kind comment you leave. This channel remains a passion project that I do when my day job allows time, though I'm happy to say that I have two completed Bardcore covers waiting in the wings. Also, I have an instrumental version of this that I might share if there seems to be enough interest. Let me know if you'd like to hear it!This project was done in collaboration with the incomparable Bernadette Banner, who originated the idea and spearheaded the translation into Old Tongue. Please check out her video series covering her creation of Moiraine's iconic look from the Wheel of Time show! This song was created for the reveal in part 3.Part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=0PHQgJj4kBcPart 2: youtube.com/watch?v=kLnWlKdxRNAPart 3: youtube.com/watch?v=w5O159rd2RkAbout the art:Moiraine illustrated by me, based on Bernadette's photo.Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Landscape with the Flight into Egypt, 1563Robert Humphry Giles (1802-1881) British, 'A Balcony in Venice During a Festival'Lyrics:Conden iro sa muadniey a fel dadenVeshan daine dyu ir mamenAl'dhol daes dalae vid daisharLaada culieb, laada culiebDenanen al'ManetherenGhueth ni al'shar al'AemonSoutak ni ManetherenLaada culieb, laada culiebSa dhol sorbe ko'sharGaen al'TarendrelleRafane al CaldazarTi lendha maralInde dhol nolvaeNo disain isharaneDyu rahien al'tarmon'nagShar sain duadhe, shar sain duadheDenanen al'ManetherenGhueth ni al'shar al'AemonSoutak ni ManetherenLaada culieb, laada culiebEnglish (Not a direct translation):We walk the footsteps of our fathersThe trails blazed by our mothersThey bought the land with their bloodLong ago, long agoSing of ManetherenWeep for the blood of AemonCry for ManetherenLong ago, long agoIn the land where the first blood runsAcross the TarendrelleFlew the Red EagleDestined to fallNo ground was givenBut they were betrayedBy dawn on the last dayThe waters were bloodSing of ManetherenWeep for the blood of AemonCry for ManetherenLong ago, long ago
Baba Yaga - A Witchs Hut in the Forest (Fantasy Music and Ambience) Hildegard von Blingin 2024-10-08 | ▶ Spotify (This song won't be up for a little bit, but you can find my other work here): open.spotify.com/artist/5BSPl6yCVGvrCyKUp2peGM?si=PmWd2VOSRiasV1Ir1-63rw▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginHappy October to you all! I created this original piece about a year ago for Patreon, and I'm sharing it all with you so that you can use it as background music in your D&D campaigns, or put it on while you read a book by the window. The art was illustrated by yours truly based on Slavic folklore (Edit: I mindlessly added a cross to the top, which makes zero sense for a Pagan dwelling, my apologies! I've fixed the thumbnail, but the best I can do is add a blur to the video. It looks odd now, but oh well). If you enjoy the music and you'd like me to make more, let me know in the comments what sort of themes you'd like to here!
Birds of a Feather - Billie Eilish (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover) Hildegard von Blingin 2024-09-25 | ▶ Spotify (This song won't be up for a little bit, but you can find my other work here): open.spotify.com/artist/5BSPl6yCVGvrCyKUp2peGM?si=PmWd2VOSRiasV1Ir1-63rw▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginI feel like a Billie Eilish cover has been long overdue, but I’ve struggled to interpret her songs in the past. This one was a challenge too, but I tried to lean into the fairytale/Disney vibes. It could even belong in an animated Barbie movie from the early 2000s. I hope you enjoy this silly and whimsical interpretation, thank you for listening!The Art:The image is Maria van Bourgondië by Albert de Vriendt, but I’ve re-painted the face to look like Billie. The Lyrics:I want thee to stayTill I am in the graveUntil I rot away, dead and buriedLying in the casket thou dost carryIf thou goest, I go too‘Tis thee, I always knewIf I am turning blue, do not save meNo one but my true love shall wake meBirds of a feather, we should flock together, I know I said I’d never think I was not better aloneCapricious weather, might not be foreverBut if it is forever, ‘tis all the betterI know not what I am crying forI think I could not love thee moreIt might be brief, but lambkin II shall love thee till the day that I dieTill the day that I dieTill the see runneth dryTill the day that I dieCouldst thou but only seeThyself as I see theeThou wouldst learn to trust thy reflection‘Tis the very soul of perfectionBut thou’rt modest to a faultThee whom I exalt‘Tis better to be ardent than prudishThou sayest “let it end” Be not foolishI know not what I am crying forI think I could not love thee moreIt might be brief, but lambkin II cannot say goodbyeBirds of a feather, we should flock together, I know I said I’d never think I was not better aloneCapricious weather, might not be foreverBut if it is forever, ‘tis all the betterI knew thee in another lifeThou hadst that same look in thine eyesI love thee, act not so surprised
We Didnt Start the Fire (Bardcore | Medieval/Renaissance Style Cover) Hildegard von Blingin 2024-07-16 | ▶ Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/7oAgvVwMu668VMo088zLkp?si=2f859a30d0fc4b1a▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginThere are many covers of Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire that adapt it to different times, but we wanted to give it the bardcore treatment. *Unlike the original, the list is not chronological, and jumps around in time a lot. It very loosely spans from around 400 to 1600, and is from a rather Eurocentric point of view. Thank you to my brother, Friar Funk, for devising the lyrics and providing the majority of the vocals. Many thanks as well to his new wife and our dad for joining us in the chorus at the end. The image of the monk is from MS Bodleian 602. A scribe at his desk © The Bodleian Libraries OxfordThere are simply too many other images to credit here, but the majority are public domain from wiki media.Lyrics:Eleanor of Aquitaine,Charles the 6thHath gone insaneReconquistaGeoffrey Chaucer, MichelangeloMarco Polo, Magna CartaChristian SchismSiege of Acre,Byzantine iconoclasmGuillaume de MachautWe did not start the fireIt was always burning as the world was turningWe did not start the fireNo we did not light it, but we tried to fight itCharlemagne, AlfredAnne BoleynWithout a headFew thingsHere to readBut the NibelungenliedCastile withAragonSecond pope in AvignonNovgorod,Chinggis Khan Beowulf, DecameronCHORUSHenry Tudor, SaladinRichard and the Winter KingLindisfarne,Norse raidsChildren on crusadeRome gone, CastillonMona Lisa, King JohnKalmar Union, Hanseatic trade.KipchaksHorsebackConstantinople sackedSong of Roland, Silk demand,Wallachia, Holy LandGrunwald, Manzikert, Barbarossa, Golden SpursJoan of Arc, PatriarchBattle of Lepanto!CHORUSCanterbury,NikephorosAlchemy, Matthias CorvinusKhan Krum, SicilyNormans land in ItalyHippodrome, Notre DameTimur in Afghanistan Double prince homicideSeven papal regicidesEdinburgh, MaltaWenceslaus, BohemiaHunedoara strongholdMansa Musa’s got goldGhazi, GutenbergBaghdad and Mosul burnGunpowder twofoldPanic, it's the Mongols!CHORUSAntioch, SassanidsSpaniards in a strange landFatimids, El CidOttoman invasionRashidun ArabiaChristian relicmaniaHussites, Swiss pikesExecuting Templar KnightsLichtenauer, SkanderbegHolding off the PechenegsBlack plague, here to stayWhat else do I dare to say?CHORUSNicaea, TroubadoursWilliam Wallace torn in fourFalkirkGlassworkStamford Bridge, Göktürks3 year Famine,Medicine Barons oust a sovereignCarrouges versus Jacques le GrisCarracks sail across the seaWalpurgis FechtbuchArslan and the SeljuksClontarf, LombardsHabsburgs,BannockburnChurch denied by Thomas MoreMontezuma is no moreCurse this German Peasants’ WarI can't take it anymore!We did not start the fireIt was always burning as the world was turningWe did not start the fireBut when we are gone, it shall still burn on and on and onWe did not start the fireIt was always burning as the world was turningWe did not start the fireNo we did not light it, but we tried to fight it
House of the Dragon - Rhaenyra Targaryen Theme - With Additional High Valyrian Lyrics Hildegard von Blingin 2024-06-25 | ▶ Spotify (This song won't be up for a little bit, but you can find my other work here): open.spotify.com/artist/5BSPl6yCVGvrCyKUp2peGM?si=PmWd2VOSRiasV1Ir1-63rw▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginOriginal song composed by: Ramin DjawadiIllustration by yours truly. Ever since watching House of the Dragon season 1, I often find this theme stuck in my brain. Technically it's called "The Power of Prophecy", but many simply refer to it as Rhaenyra's theme, despite the fact that she has a number of motifs. I wanted to make a fairy straight forward recreation of the song, but with a twist. You may notice some additional vocals in the middle and at the end, which I have done my best to write in High Valyrian. Some lines were plucked directly from the show, while others were written with some help from the High Valyrian sub Reddit. I'm sure I've made mistakes in some of the artistic liberties I took, but I enjoy the added flavour of singing in this beautiful conlang, which was created by David J. Peterson.By the by, this video is not sponsored in any way, but I'd gladly work with HBO Max if they reached out. ;) I hope you're all enjoying season 2!Lyrics:Ānogro syt ānogar (Blood for blood)Kasta zōbrie siñas (Green becomes black)Tresy dōrī kesan (I will never be a son)Ñuhor līr gūrēnna (I will take what is mine)
Black Summer - Red Hot Chili Peppers - (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover) ft. Collin Vodicka Hildegard von Blingin 2024-05-15 | ▶ Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/3e7GMCZdmUBepzEryKN9Ol?si=b13aecc6cde34e6e▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginThis cover features the talented Collin Vodicka on the Irish flute and duduk, which originated in Armenia. Please check out his work here:Website: collinvodicka.com Tiktok: tiktok.com/@collinwoodwindThe art is mostly cobbled together using images from The Tübinger Hausbuch, which you'll find on the University of Tübingen's website. It's a really interesting book, and you can read the whole thing here: https://opendigi.ub.uni-tuebingen.de/opendigi/Md2#p=207 Lyrics:Languid rain am IThe skies refuse to cryCremation taketh its piece of thy supplyThe night is dressed like noonA sailor spoke too soonI had rather be a dog and bay the moonAurochs number fewMy thyme is choked with rue A secret garden that I never knewMy shield doth weigh a tonThe archer is on the runNo man can stand alone behind the sunIt has been so long since I found a friendWaiting for another black summer to endIt has been so long and one cannot know whenWaiting for another black summer to endCrack the flaming whipSailing on a sinking shipRiding on a headless horse to make the tripIt has been so long since I found a friendWaiting for another black summer to endIt has been so long and one cannot know whenWaiting for another black summer to endI’ve been waiting, waitingWaiting for another black summer to endWaiting, I’ve been waitingWaiting for another black summer to endWaiting, waitingWaiting for another black summer to end
My Most Historically Accurate Song Yet Hildegard von Blingin 2024-04-01 | I present to you Cantiga 166, also known as Como Poden. I visited many archives looking for the most authentic Medieval music I could find, and discovered a rare source that contained this arrangement. Although this channel is known for its Bardcore covers of modern songs, I believe it is important to honour its roots with something rigorously researched and recreated with the greatest historical accuracy possible. I pray you enjoy.The Art:Altered and animated by yours truly using images from The Geese Book, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, M. 905 https://geesebook.asu.edu/volumes.htm
Soldier, Poet, King, but its in a minor key and 50% more Medieval Hildegard von Blingin 2024-03-19 | ▶ Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/0OYvQvOis6ZWAZl8xHQJhp?si=9c4b6088bf0641cc▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginMay I present "Soldier, Poet, King" by the Oh Hellos, but even more Bardcore than it already is. I decided to leave the lyrics alone, but I changed the key entirely, and I am joined by my brother Friar Funk on male vocals. I hope it graces the table at your next D&D campaign. The Art:May Calendar Page; Hawking, Unknown artist/maker, Mid-1200s, Bruges (possibly), Belgium (Place Created), J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles)I found the “soldier” and “poet” on Pinterest and modified the art, but couldn’t find a source.The Lyrics:There will come a soldierWho carries a mighty swordHe will tear your city downOh lei, oh lai, oh, LordOh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, LordHe will tear your city downOh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, LordThere will come a poetWhose weapon is His wordHe will slay you with His tongueOh lei, oh lai, oh, LordOh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, LordHe will slay you with His tongueOh lei, oh lai, oh, LordThere will come a rulerWhose brow is laid in thornSmeared with oil like David's boyOh lei, oh lai, oh, LordOh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, LordSmeared with oil like David's boyOh lei, oh lai, oh, LordOh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, LordHe will tear your city down, oh lei, oh laiOhhOh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh lai, ohOh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh lai, ohOh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh laiOh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh lai, oh
Who Shall Vigil Stand | Crusader Kings III: Legends of the Dead Hildegard von Blingin 2024-03-04 | ▶ Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/2pgbw2MQvItG5BLF33JAnQ?si=407c0926d427442b▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginI am thrilled to present this collaboration with Paradox, the creators of Crusader Kings III, a grand strategy role-playing game set in the Middle Ages. It's such an honour to have been charged with writing a completely original song for their newest work: Legends of the Dead. This new core expansion deals with themes of death, fame, and glory, with a focus on how lineage and legend are inextricably tied to one another. It also introduces a new, insidious enemy—the plague itself. Watch the release trailer for Legends of the Dead here (I'm singing at the end!): youtu.be/_3KXin9ZunsI was inspired by chivalric ideals, Arthurian legend, and images of the Lady of Shalott adrift in her boat. The beautiful illustration featured in this video is by N.C. Wyeth. Lyrics:Who shall mourn theeWash and shroud theeClimb the belfryWho shall vigil stand?Who shall praise theeFear and hate theeSave thy storyFrom the shifting sand?Who shall carve theeMould and cast theeSet thy form freeBy their own right hand?Kyrie EleisonKyrie EleisonKyrie EleisonKyrie Eleison
Krampusnacht - A Cautionary Carol Inspired by John Williams Hildegard von Blingin 2023-12-18 | ▶ Spotify: (This song won’t be up for a little while, but you can listen to my other work here) open.spotify.com/artist/5BSPl6yCVGvrCyKUp2peGM?si=3aSOho6GST28sGFV339cFg▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginJoyous Yule, everyone! Krampusnacht was on December 5th, but it's never too late to caution your children not to go wandering in the woods. This piece was inspired by "Double Trouble", which was written by John Williams using Shakespeare's words. I wrote the lyrics and tune for this as a sort of Christmasy companion piece, and called on my brother Friar Funk to add his countertenor voice to my choir. A bit of history about Krampus: Krampus is a goat-like horned character from Central and Eastern Alpine European folklore. As the bad cop to Saint Nicholas's good cop, his name is invoked around Yuletide to scare children into behaving. On the night of December 5th, they visit each home, doling out gifts and punishment as they see fit. Well-behaved children receive toys and delicious goodies, while naughty children are punished with birch rods and given nothing but coal, or in some versions of the story, shoved into a sack or basket and carried away to hell. The Art:Krampus, depicted on an Austrian postcard, 1910.britannica.com/topic/KrampusThe Lyrics:Curling horn and cloven hoofGarnet red his tongueOn his back, a leather sackFor snatching up the youngSable fur and jagged clawBronze his ringing bellThin and quick, his birchwood stickFor children who rebelHoofprints in the snowTo the woods we cannot goKrampusnacht is nighGuard safe thy soulLest he come and give thee coalKrampusnacht is nighLight the hearth and turn the lockSing a merry songHe doth roam in darkened homeWhere shadows grow and throng Heed our warning, little onesYuletide now is hereKeep in line, for in the pinesIs Krampus ever near.Hoofprints in the snowTo the woods we cannot goKrampusnacht is nighGuard safe thy soulLest he come and give thee coalKrampusnacht is nighTo the woods we cannot goKrampusnacht is nighGuard safe thy soulLest he come and give thee coalKrampusnacht is nigh
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak - Hildegard von Blingin ft. Aaron Dolan (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover) Hildegard von Blingin 2023-11-25 | ▶ Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/59IitEMTAxGTdzFJLCfjTk?si=9e6d4b1dd181433b▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginHail, and well met this dark November! I hope you are all keeping well.This cover of Chris Isaak’s Wicked Game was created in collaboration with the wonderful Uilleann piper and whistle player Aaron Dolan, who is creating Irish music in Germany. It was a pleasure to work with him and have his pipes and whistles grace this channel. You can find lots of his work over on Tiktok or here on Youtube, so do check him out!▶ Aaron’s Tiktok: tiktok.com/@aarondolan_music▶ Aaron’s Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UCry1o61Z2prE5OoMSYsMIVgThe Art:'Hi leret der markis Arablen der kuninginnen den kristendenloben'(folio 25r) from the Willehalm Codex' by Wolfram von Eschenbach, 1334. University Library Kassel, Germany.The little decorative detail is from fol. 60r from Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264.The Lyrics:The world was on fireAnd no one could save me but thee‘Tis strange how desire hath a mockery made of meI never dreamed I would meet someone such as theeI never dreamed I would lose someone such as thee No I don’t want to fall in loveNo I don’t want to fall in loveWith thee What a wicked game to play, to make me feel this wayWhat a wicked thought to free, to let me dream of theeWhat a wicked thing to say, thou hast not felt this wayWhat a wicked thought to free, to make me dream of theeNo I don’t want to fall in loveNo I don’t want to fall in loveThe world was on fireAnd no one could save me but thee‘Tis strange how desire hath a mockery made of meI never dreamed I would love someone such as theeI never dreamed I would lose someone such as thee No I don’t want to fall in loveNo I don’t want to fall in loveWith thee
Come Little Children - From Hocus Pocus (Cover by Hildegard von Blingin) Hildegard von Blingin 2023-10-13 | Glad tidings for Autumn and the upcoming All Hallows' Eve! Oh, and happy Friday the 13th as well. In honour of spooky season, I offer you this cover of Come Little Children (Sarah's Theme), composed by James Horner for Hocus Pocus. The extended lyrics have some rather foggy origins, but I discovered them through Erutan's wonderful cover of this song. Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginThis song will be available on Spotify in the future, but in the meantime, you can listen to my other music here: sptfy.com/OYTMThe Art:The art was heavily altered by me from paintings found in the “Weingartner Stifterbüchlein”, c 1510The Lyrics:Come little childrenI'll take thee awayInto a land of enchantmentCome little childrenThe time's come to playHere in my garden of magicFollow sweet childrenI'll show thee the wayThrough all the painAnd the sorrowWeep not poor childrenFor life is this wayMurdering beauty and passionHush now dear childrenIt must be this wayToo weary of lifeAnd deceptionsRest now my childrenFor soon we'll awayInto the calm and the quietCome little childrenI'll take thee awayInto a land of enchantmentCome little childrenThe time's come to playHere in my garden of magic
Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover) Also: I made a Patreon! Hildegard von Blingin 2023-09-25 | ▶ Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/1wA4EyitDhTbDdpKrlxqwi?si=6e589a17bf6e4a9a▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginGood day fine folks! I am so thrilled to announce that I finally made a Patreon! I'll be posting all sorts of things, from early access videos, to downloads, art, polls, and songs from the cutting room floor. The first Behind the Scenes video is available for all, so please go have a look!The Art:An album of miniatures from the early 17th century, featuring the characters of the commedia dell’arte. (PRPH Books)The Lyrics:I see a red doorAnd I want it painted blackNo colours anymoreI want them to turn blackI see the maidens fairDressed in their summer clothesAnd I must bow my headUntil my darkness goethI see the lonely chapel ‘Tis all painted blackWith flowers and my loveBoth never to come backThe townsfolk cross themselvesAnd swiftly look awayMuch like a newborn babe,It doth happen every day I look inside myselfAnd see my heart is blackI see my red doorI must have it painted blackLook now for no more dayNor night, but that from hell,Then all must as they mayIn darkness learn to dwellNo more doth blue spread o’er my green and wretched seaI could not e’er foretell this fate befalling theeIf I stare long enoughInto the setting sunMy love shall laugh with meBefore the morn doth comeI see a red doorAnd I want it painted blackNo colours anymoreI want them to turn blackI see the maidens fairDressed in their summer clothesAnd I must bow my headUntil my darkness goeth
Baldurs Gate 3 - Down By the River (Cover by Hildegard von Blingin) Hildegard von Blingin 2023-08-03 | I present to you my cover of "Down By the River" from the official Baldur's Gate 3 soundtrack by Larian Studios. Thank you to the fine folks at Larian for sponsoring this video. I have fond memories of playing Baldur's Gate 2 as a kid and have been eagerly awaiting this next instalment! Baldur's Gate 3 is now available on PC! Click the link below if you want to check out the game and support my channel: bit.ly/Hildegard_BaldursGate3Follow Larian Studios: twitter.com/larianstudiosfacebook.com/LarianStudiosOriginal song composed by Borislav Slavov.Illustration by yours truly.Listen on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/track/3mnLfLO6VLEcCIuejOWWtT?si=be6f0d87fabc4cf3Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblingin
Hurt - Nine Inch Nails (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover) Hildegard von Blingin 2023-05-23 | Greetings all! I'm back with another bardcore cover, which in some ways is a cover of a cover. Hurt was written by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, and famously covered by Johnny Cash only 7 months before his death. I'm throwing my hat in the ring with a somewhat unusual take on the theme, but had to stop myself from bawling while recording even with the altered lyrics. Some of the words resisted change of any kind. No matter the context, this song gets you right in the human frailty.Listen now on Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/6vwZvIGhXV18gHJu748IFq?si=6f351bcd91f54a83Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginYou get extra points if you can tell which character the art is based on.The art:A heavily altered Miniature of Conrad III of Germany from Chronica Regia Coloniensis (Cologne Kings' Chronicle; Cologne; ca. 1240). Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, Ms. 467, fol. 64vLyrics:I fell upon my swordTo see if I could dieI woke upon the morn,And still I was aliveThe arrow tears a hole,The old familiar stingThe fates hold out my thread,But cannot cut the stringWhat have I become?My sweetest friendEveryone I love fades away in the endAnd thou couldst have it allMy empire of dirtI will let thee downI will make thee hurtI wear this crown of thornsUpon my liar's chairFull of broken thoughtsI cannot repairBeneath the stains of timeThe feelings disappearThou art someone elseAnd I am still right hereWhat have I become?My sweetest friendEveryone I love fades away in the endAnd thou couldst have it allMy empire of dirtI will let thee downI will make thee hurtIf I could start againA thousand leagues awayI would keep my oathI would find a way
Beasts of Yore - from Inkulinati | Official Song by Hildegard von Blingin Hildegard von Blingin 2022-12-19 | ▶ Game Trailer (featuring yours truly): youtu.be/Hlx330vg0DcTo arms! The rabbits are attacking! I present one last song before the New Year, which I created for the medieval fighting game Inkulinati. They originally asked me to write a song, but I also ended up voicing my namesake character, Hildegard von Bingen. If you play this game you may hear me die over and over again. Or...hopefully win!Inkulinati is an ink-based strategy straight from medieval manuscripts, where a rabbit’s bum can be deadlier than a dog's sword. Become a master of the Living Ink, build your own bestiary, defeat medieval superstars and collect perks to unleash hidden powers! Inkulinati is coming to PC, Mac, and Xbox consoles on the 31st of January 2023.Check out their website here: yazagames.comThe song is loosely based on Neidhart von Reuental's work, (1180-1237) "Meie, din liehter schin" with original lyrics and a Latin-ish chorus. The characters you see in the video are all units/beasts that you will command in the game.Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginThe Lyrics:Hast thou skill with a quill?Ink shall be thy living willMake thy mark upon the pageAnd with thy deeds a ledger fillHere the pen is mighty stillIf thou seekest gloryInkulinatiPotens dominusMiles bestialisArtificiosusIf thine aim is acclaimCome and join a merry gameHere a scribe can best a kingOn vellum all can make a nameBut beware the margin flameOr thou shalt be sorryInkulinatiPotens dominusMiles bestialisArtificiosusHear them roar, beasts of yoreSnail and hare and dog of warWilt thou bless them from the rearOr lead thine army at the fore?Wielder of the living loreWhat shall be thy story?InkulinatiPotens dominusMiles bestialisArtificiosus
Last Christmas (Instrumental Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover) Hildegard von Blingin 2022-12-07 | ▶ Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/2kOSLQgUWwkIk3GgUzCaN9?si=35e04f77d2474878Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginJoyous Yule and happy holidays everyone! I hope this finds you hale and merry, wherever you are. Unfortunately I’ve had a run of bad health, and I lost my voice for a stretch of time. Making an instrumental was a nice way to keep creating music despite this, so please enjoy this chill old-timey cover of Wham!’s “Last Christmas”. (If you participate in Whamageddon, fear not, only the original version counts.)I do have more vocal covers on the way soon, and an upcoming musical collaboration with the medieval manuscript fighting game Inkulinati. I've also been slowly updating and remastering my older covers and uploading them to Spotify. This song should be up by the 15th of this month. Thank you everyone for your continued patience and support! About the Art:Mistletoe from "The Tudor Pattern book", ca. 1520/30, Ms Ashmole 1504The lovers are a reconstructed illustration by me based on “Leontion”, illumination from the manuscript “Cas des nobles hommes et femmes”, ms. Français 12420, f. 93r, 15th century, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Paris.
House of the Rising Sun - Hildegard von Blingin’ & Algal the Bard (Bardcore | Medieval Style) Hildegard von Blingin 2022-06-11 | ▶ Check out Algal the Bard's channel! You'll find a mix of bardcore covers and original music there. youtube.com/c/AlgaltheBard▶ Watch our other collaboration, Dust in the Wind: youtube.com/watch?v=JO5vJrOZaqE▶ Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/05mmvQAwT4ioqYL2ITnnpo?si=vvUjcd_8RPORzQ-gXGkkHw▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginWe're pleased to present you with not one, but two Bardcore covers! Algal played every instrument you hear, and I provided the vocals. You'll find the other cover, Dust in the Wind, on Algal's channel in the link above. About the art:Illustration of Algal the Bard by me15th Century Bathhouse, Konrad Kieser Ms. of 1405, coloured. (Recoloured from black and white by me)** LYRICS **There is a house in OrléansThey call the Rising SunIt has been the ruin of many a soulAnd Lord I know I'm oneMother was a tailorShe sewed my chaperonMy father was a gambling manDown, in OrléansThe only thing a gambler requiresIs a satchel and his luckAnd the only time he’s satisfiedIs when he’s in his cups Oh mothers tell thy childrenNot to do what I have doneI spent my life in sin and miseryIn the House of the Rising SunI’ve one foot in the stirrupThe other on the groundI shall return to OrléansTo be lost, and never foundThere is a house in OrléansThey call the Rising SunIt has been the ruin of many a soulAnd Lord I know I'm one
Holding Out for a Hero - Hildegard von Blingin’ & Whitney Avalon (Bardcore | Medieval Style) Hildegard von Blingin 2021-09-30 | ▶ Check out Whitney Avalon’s channel! You’ll find a cornucopia of parody covers, mashups, witty original songs, and of course, the infamous Princess Rap Battles. youtube.com/c/WhitneyAvalon▶ Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/3Ziu9rEYYmUxccDF47GPPY▶ Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/holding-out-for-a-hero-medieval-bardcore-style-single/1588144614▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginMy friends, I am so excited to share this collaboration with you. It’s been many months in the making, and I couldn’t be prouder of this team. Thank you to Whitney for scheming up this whole endeavour, and to Ana and Ignatz at OOF Animation for bringing our vision to life! A special thanks as well to Whitney’s wonderful patrons, whose support made this a reality. ** CREDITS **New Lyrics, Producer, Singer: Whitney AvalonNew Lyrics, Producer, Music Track, Singer: Hildegard von Blingin’Animation: OOF Animation (Ana Stefaniak & Ignatz Johnson Higham) oofanimation.co.ukExecutive Assistant: Caroline Sharp ** LYRICS **[HILDEGARD] Whither have the worthy gone, oh, where is fair Gawain?Where is gallant Galahad to take the bridle rein?[WHITNEY] Is there not a white knight upon a fiery steed? Late at night I toss and turn and I dream of what I need [H] I need a heroI shall hold out for a hero 'til the end of the nightI pray he be hale,Wingèd of heelAnd newly return’d from the fight[W] I need a hero I shall hold out for a hero 'til the morning lightHe must be assur’dE’er true to his wordWith a wit that will thrill and exciteThrill and excite Erelong at the witching hour within my reverieSomewhere just beyond the veil someone reacheth out for me [H] Racing on a courser and clad in gleaming mail I shall answer none but he who bringeth me the grail [W] Aaah, I need a heroI shall hold out for a hero 'til the end of the nightCould I but affordMy very own swordI would not require his might[H] I need a hero I shall hold out for a hero 'til the morning light By god was he blessedE’er true to his questA man of whom Chaucer will write [W] Up where the dragons glide near heaven above Out on a storm-tossed odysseyVerily doth a saintly champion ride toward me[H] Through the wind, and the chill, and the rainThe plague, and the floodI can feel his approach like a fire in my blood [BOTH] I need a hero I shall hold out for a hero ‘til the end of the nightI pray he be hale,Wingèd of heelAnd newly return’d from the fightI need a hero I shall hold out for a hero ‘til the morning lightA knight, not a pawnA true paragonWith armor and eyes shining brightI need a hero ** THANKS FOR WATCHING! :) ** If you’re reading this, comment “You have my sword!” below.
Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover) Hildegard von Blingin 2021-06-17 | ▶ Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/1qw2rsoB66rYi9GF1vnXMB?si=7b36d295656c4957▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginHello again! I hope this finds you all healthy and happy. Life is not back to anything resembling normal yet, but I’ve been working on a handful of covers and I’m excited to share this one with you. I’ve wanted to give one of The Weeknd’s songs the Bardcore treatment for a while now, and finally landed on “Save Your Tears”. The Art (With some adjustments):Nicklaus Glockenden ISaint Maurice and His CompanionsIllumination. Missal of Cardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg (572 ff.). Folio 437 sup v .W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University.Lyrics:I saw thee dancing from the galleryThou lookest gay when I am not with theeBut then my presence caught thee by surpriseA single teardrop falling from thine eyesI know not why I run awayI make thee cry when I run awayWith no portent how could I divine That our love would wither on the vine?And now I find no favour in thine eyesI am more ghost than someone to despiseI know not why I run awayI make thee cry when I run awayThough I wandered once, I wish to staySave thy tears for anotherSave thy tears for another daySave thy tears for another day‘Twas my folly in that month of MayWhen I vowed to thee that I would stayBut ask me not why swans in winter flyFor they can no more bide with thee than II know not why I run awayFor thou shalt cry when I run awayThough I wandered once I wish to staySave thy tears for the morrowAnd if it pleases thee, send me awayI would spare thee any sorrowSave thy tears for another daySave thy tears for another dayI know not why I run awayFor thou shalt cry when I run awayPray, embrace me for I wish to staySave thy tears for anotherSave thy tears for another daySave thy tears for another day
Jenny of Oldstones - A Game of Thrones Cover by Hildegard von Blingin Hildegard von Blingin 2021-03-31 | Jenny of Oldstones - Composed by Ramin Djawadi and originally performed by Florence + the Machine▶ Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/26q4FsB47QFuBhTy8nprSQ?si=93694345849a4a13▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginGood day! I realize it's rather late to be posting Game of Thrones content so long after its...controversial finale, but this song is so gorgeous, and I've always wanted to sing it. I'm working on several new Bardcore covers, but I'm also keen to sing some songs from various TV shows and Games. If you have any particular requests, feel free to comment below. The Art:Horae ad usum romanum. 1475-1600, Bibliothèque nationale de France. Saint Jerome in his Study, Antonello da Messina about 1475, © The National Gallery, LondonLyrics:High in the halls of the kings who are goneJenny would dance with her ghostsThe ones she had lost and the ones she had foundAnd the ones who had loved her the mostThe ones who'd been gone for so very longShe could not remember their namesThey spun her around on the damp old stonesSpun away all her sorrow and painAnd she never wanted to leave, never wanted to leaveNever wanted to leave, never wanted to leaveThey danced through the day and into the night Through the snow that swept through the hallFrom winter to summer and winter again'Til the walls did crumble and fallAnd she never wanted to leave, never wanted to leaveNever wanted to leave, never wanted to leaveAnd she never wanted to leave, never wanted to leaveNever wanted to leave, never wanted to leaveHigh in the halls of the kings who are goneJenny would dance with her ghostsThe ones she had lost and the ones she had foundAnd the ones who had loved her the most
Willow - Taylor Swift (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover) Hildegard von Blingin 2021-01-18 | ▶ Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/5y6mZ6yCKWFZOJZKl2WM5i?si=c59128b6cd454cab▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginHappy New Year! Hopefully this is no longer the winter of our discontent, and you are all doing well. I took a bit of a breather over Christmas break, and by that I mean I started several songs and wasn't satisfied enough to post them. Then I came across Taylor Swift's new song and decided to give it the Bardcore treatment. No groundbreaking lyrical genius on my part here, but if you can spot the reference to one of my all time favourite fantasy movies, you win 10 points! Also, I was very excited to take my new Tony Dixon low D whistle for a spin. (Not sponsored, just a fan) As for the art, I couldn't find a single manuscript with a usable willow, so I drew this one myself. I also painted the lady, who is based on an image from an illustrated manuscript of Le Roman de la Rose entitled Husband and Wife as Equals. Lyrics:I am like the water when thy ship roll’d in that nightRough on the surface, but thou cut’st through like a knifeAnd if we were not bound by fate,Ne’er would have known from the look on thy faceLost in thy current like a priceless wineThe more thou dost say, the less I knowWhither thou wilt stray, I follow I beg of thee, please, take my hand,Foil my plans, thou'rt my manLife was a willow and it bent before thy windHead on the pillow, I could feel thee stealing inAs if thou wert a mythical thing,A chalice from the palace or a champion ringThere was one prize I would die to winThe more thou dost say, the less I knowWhither thou wilt stray, I follow I beg of thee, please, take my hand,Foil my plans, thou'rt my manThou knowest my ship could bear thee homeAnywhere else is hollowI beg of thee, please, take my hand,Foil my plans, thou'rt my manLife was a willow, and it bent before thy windI am scorned time and time againLife was a willow, and it bent before thy windYet I return like an old refrainWait for the signal, I shall meet thee after darkDown by the tree where my name and mine are carv’dNow we two are bound by fateBelike I might have known from the look on thy faceEvery facade was a work of artThe more thou dost say, the less I knowWhither thou wilt stray, I follow I beg of thee, please, take my hand,Foil my plans, thou'rt my manThou knowest my ship could bear thee homeAnywhere else is hollowI beg of thee, please, take my hand,Foil my plans, thou'rt my manThe more thou dost say, the less I knowWhither thou wilt stray, I follow I beg of thee, please, take my hand,Foil my plans, thou'rt my manI know that my ship could bear thee homeAnywhere else is hollowI beg of thee, please, take my hand,Foil my plans, thou'rt my man
Enyas Orinoco Flow, but its a Bardcore sea shanty Hildegard von Blingin 2020-11-14 | ▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginOrinoco Flow, by Enya, but it's a bardcore sea shanty. Good morrow! It has been a little while, I’m afraid, for I have been busy with work around the abbey as we prepare for Winter. But I humbly offer another song for you all, by none other than our ethereal Queen Enya herself. This piece prominently features the lovely voice of my brother Friar Funk, and has additional vocals by the other men in the family. Please try to smell the salt spray and feel the wind on your face, even if you’re stuck at home like me. A small update regarding Spotify: Cornelius Link and I have signed on with Kartel Music Group, and his songs are already up on Spotify. (Have a listen! shorturl.at/bdDEI ) Mine are a bit more complex when it comes to legalities, so they will be taking somewhat longer, but I promise the ball is now rolling! Thank you for your patience.Art: White Ship, Cotton Claudius D. ii, f. 45v. From the British Library.The gathering together of the fish and sea monsters. MS. Douce 134, fol. 42v. From the Bodleian Digital LibraryLyrics:Let me sail, let me sailLet the Volga river flowLet me reach, let me beachOn the shores of TripoliLet me sail, let me sailLet me crash upon thy shoreLet me reach, let me beachFar beyond the Baltic SeaSail away, sail away, sail awayFrom Calais to Marseilles, in the shade of AvalonFrom Bari to Tiree and to ThessalonikiFrom Milan to Sidon hear the power of BabylonFrom Paris to Dundee, far beneath the Celtic SeaSail away, sail away, sail awayFrom the North to the SouthEbudae into KhartoumFrom the deep sea of cloudsTo the island of the moonCarry me on the wavesTo lands I have never beenCarry me on the wavesTo lands I have never seenWe can sail, we can sailWith the Volga river flowWe can sail, we can sail(Sail away, Sail away, Sail away)We can steer, we can nearWith my hands upon the oarWe can sigh, say goodbyeTo the life we knew beforeWe can sail, we can sail(Sail away, Sail away, Sail away)We can reach, we can beachOn the shores of TripoliWe can sail, we can sail(Sail away, Sail away, Sail away)From Paris to Dundee, far beneath the Celtic SeaSail away, sail away, sail away
O Virtus Sapientiae - Hildegard Von Bingen - (Thank you for 700K!) Hildegard von Blingin 2020-09-17 | ▶ Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/4FtzpSb7b2HTDC8xDr38uP?si=9084f93edb3846c7▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginToday marks the death of my patron Saint Hildegard Von Bingen, who left the world on the 17th of September in 1179. Given that we just hit a big landmark on this channel (700k! Thank you!), it seemed the perfect opportunity to pay homage to my namesake by singing an actual work of hers and drawing a little illumination. She was a prolific writer and extraordinarily talented woman, and a big part of my love for Early Music. So today I give you some actual Medieval music! Stay tuned for more Bardcore in the coming weeks, since I have a song in the works.Edit: Oops, yes it says "Performbed" in the first title card. Youtube no longer allows annotations, so my spelling mistake is now immortalized. Please feel free to throw tomatoes.I'd also love to share with you my first radio interview, which was with Vanessa Hughes on ABC Australia's Classic Drive. You'll find me around the 1:38:55 mark.https://www.abc.net.au/classic/programs/classic-drive/classic-drive/12657340Thank you ALL of you, for your support, for your comments, and your interest in music that is dear to my heart.Lyrics:O virtus Sapientiae,quae circuiens circuisticomprehendendo omniain una via, quae habet vitam,tres alas habens,quarum una in altum volat,et altera de terra sudat,et tertia undique volat.Laus tibi sit, sicut te decet,O Sapientia.Translation:O strength of Wisdomwho, circling, circled,enclosing allin one lifegiving path,three wings you have:one soars to the heights,one distils its essence upon the earth,and the third is everywhere.Praise to you, as is fitting,O Wisdom
Summertime Sadness (Bardcore | Medieval Style) Hildegard von Blingin 2020-09-05 | ▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginSummertime Sadness, by Lana Del Rey (Bardcore/Medieval Style)Good day fine people! I present a eulogy for a rather unpleasant summer, and wish you all a happier autumn!In other news, I will likely be holding off on pursuing Spotify until I have enough songs to just upload a proper album. Rest assured I will announce it the moment I do. Also, I'd love to share another fun interview I did a little while back for those of you who are interested: bit.ly/3lMJqTvArt: Codex Manesse 069r Werner von TeufenLyrics:Kiss me once before thou goestSummertide sorrowI have loved thee the most And shall love thee to my barrowI don my red surcoat tonightDancing in the dark in the pale moonlightLike Godiva, hair loose down to the thighPattens off, I feel so aliveOh, by God! I feel it in the airCathedral bells above a-ringing like a prayerHow my heart’s afire! I feel it everywhereNaught can daunt me anymoreKiss me once before thou goestSummertide sorrowI have loved thee the most And shall love thee to my barrow‘Tis but summertide, Summertide sorrowSummertide, summertide sorrow‘Tis but summertide, summertide sorrowOh, oh, ohI feel the wind with every strideRiding nearly swift as the arrow fliesWith my vagabond by my heavenly sideI know if I go, I shall die happy tonightOh, by God! I feel it in the airCathedral bells above a-ringing like a prayerHow my heart’s afire! I feel it everywhereNaught can daunt me anymoreKiss me once before thou goestSummertide sorrowI have loved thee the most And shall love thee to my barrow‘Tis the summertide, Summertide sorrowSummertide, summertide sorrow‘Tis the summertide, summertide sorrowOh, oh-oh-oh-ohI shall miss thee foreverLike the stars miss the sun in the morning skyLater is better than neverE’en if thou art gone, I shall yet ride, ride, ride‘Tis but summertide, Summertide sorrowSummertide, summertide sorrow‘Tis but summertide, summertide sorrowOh, oh, ohKiss me once before thou goestSummertide sorrowI have loved thee the most And shall love thee to my barrow‘Tis but summertide, Summertide sorrowSummertide, summertide sorrow‘Tis but summertide, summertide sorrowOh, oh, oh
Jolene (Bardcore | Medieval Style) Hildegard von Blingin 2020-07-10 | ▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblingin▶ Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/7yR1WdDPhgfX39KGOSMRJ9?si=24b8cc208f0a46d6Jolene, By Dolly Parton (Bardcore/Medieval Style)Good morrow! I have descended from my cloister once more with another offering for the ravenous rabble. Silliness aside, I want to thank you all again for helping to make such a wholesome part of the internet. I live for your hilarious comments and witty imaginings, and only wish I had more time to devote to this. I'm back to work, so I can't aspire to weekly videos, but I do endeavour to continue making these. The art is a composite/partial paint over of three different sources, including: MS Bodley 264, and Lausanne, Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire U 964 - Biblia Porta fol. 178r, and one other that I've had no luck tracking down.Lyrics:Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, JoleneI beg of thee, pray take not my lordJolene, Jolene, Jolene, JoleneI fear, from thee, ‘twould take naught but a wordThy beauty is beyond compareWith flaming locks of auburn hairWith ivory skin and eyes of emerald greenThy smile is like a breath of SpringThy voice is soft like Summer rainAnd I cannot compete with theeJoleneHe talketh of thee in his sleepAnd alas, I cannot keepFrom weeping when I hear thy nameJoleneAlthough it is so plain to seeHow little he doth mean to thee My love for him is boundless as the seaJolene, Jolene, Jolene, JoleneI beg of thee, oh please take not my lordJolene, Jolene, Jolene, JoleneI fear, from you, ‘twould take naught but a wordThou couldst have thy choice of menBut I could never love againHe is the only one for meJoleneI would risk both life and limbTo spend my only days with himMy happiness is at thy whim, JoleneJolene, Jolene, Jolene, JoleneI beg of thee, pray take not my lordJolene, Jolene, Jolene, JoleneI fear, from thee, ‘twould take naught but a word
Somebody That I Used To Know (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover with Vocals) Hildegard von Blingin 2020-06-21 | ▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblingin“Somebody That I Used to Know” by GotyeArranged and Performed by Hildegard von Blingin, featuring Friar FunkWell met, strangers, and ever so glad to see you, old friends! Here's a banger from 8 years ago, but like you've never heard it before.I’m trying my very best to put out a song once a week while your interest in Bardcore continues, and will continue to do so for as long as I can. Your support sustains me, I really mean that. I'm slowly making some moves towards getting this music on Spotify, so hang tight on that front. I'm also hoping to get some instrumental versions up for use as karaoke tracks or background music for gaming. The art used is a modified image from the Tacuinum Sanitatis.Lyrics:Now and then I think of when we were togetherEros surely hit the apple of mine eye I believed thou wert right for me,but felt so lonely in thy companyBut that was love and ‘tis an ache I still rememberOne becomes enamoured with a certain kind of sadnessThis resignation to the end, ever the endWhen we found we could not make amendsThou declared we would e’er be friendsBut I concede that I was fain to be partedWas there cause to cast me off?Act as though it never happened and that we were nothingIn sooth I do need thy loveBut thou makest me a stranger and that feels so roughHadst thou need to stoop so low?To send a wagon for thy minstrel and refuse my lettersI need no longer write them, thoughNow thou art somebody whom I used to knowI lament the many times that thou impugn’d my honourBut maintained it was ever something I had doneNo more shall I live that wayUncertain what thy words bewray Thou said that if I were to goI would not find thee pining for somebody whom thou used to knowWas there cause to cast me off?Act as if it never happened and that we were nothingI do not even need thy loveBut thou makest me stranger and that feels so roughHadst thou need to stoop so lowTo send a wagon for thy minstrel and refuse my lettersI need no longer write them, thoughFor now thou art somebody whom I used to knowNow thou art somebody whom I used to know
Creep (Bardcore | Medieval Style with Vocals) Hildegard von Blingin 2020-06-10 | ▶ Listen to the Updated/Remastered version on Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/6ciY9ct9IhEH1ciRem723p?si=59fMPnA6R-i6J3-6iNZB3w▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginCreep by Radiohead, medieval and fantasy inspiredVerily, I am flabbergasted by the response these days of late. Over one hundred thousand souls? Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.I now present a morose tune that perhaps we all can relate to. Some of us float like a feather, but at some point or other, we all feel like the creep in the corner. Poor fellow.The art is a combination of a manuscript margin ornament (I'm sorry, I can't recall where from), and the little weirdo is a detail from "The Rutland Psalter".Listen on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/hildegard_von_blingin/creep-medieval-style-with-vocalsLyrics:When thou wert here beforeI could not look thee in the eyeThou art like an angelThy skin makes me cryThou float’st like a featherIn a beautiful worldI wish I was specialThou’rt so very specialBut I am a creepI am a weirdoWhat in hell am I doing here?I do not belong hereI care not if it hurtsI want to have controlI want a perfect bodyI want a perfect soulI want thee to noticeWhen I am goneThou’rt so very specialI wish I was specialBut I am a creepI am a weirdoWhat in hell am I doing here?I do not belong hereShe runneth out the doorShe runneth outShe run, run, run, run, runWhatever makes thee happyWhatever thou want’st Thou’rt so very specialI wish I was special But I am a creepI am a weirdoWhat in hell am I doing here?I do not belong hereI do not belong here
Bad Romance (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover) Hildegard von Blingin 2020-06-03 | ▶ Listen to the Updated/Remastered version on Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/4eTXL5hElCLCuHIoRBSzLL?si=85c239a656b34001Bad Romance, by Lady Gaga, but medieval/fantasy inspired.Ye have all been exceedingly lovely, a thousand thanks for the support and kind words! I am still new to this, but wanted to actually create my own instrumental this time, so on this track you'll hear a Celtic harp and several wooden recorders I played.Also, I received some wonderful suggestions for the name of this strange genre. Obviously there is plenty of wonderful authentic medieval music out there, but there also seems to be a ravenous demand for "old timey" covers of modern songs. So far the contenders are: Tavernwave and Bardcore. I love both, and I'd also love to hear your suggestions in the comments.The image is a combination of two pages from the Romance of Alexander in French verse, with illuminations by the Flemish illuminator Jehan de Grise & his workshop, 1338-44 Listen on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/hildegard_von_blinginPS: (For those of you scholarly folk asking, yes "thee and me" is technically incorrect, which is a nod to the original lyrics by the Lady Gaga)Lyrics:I want thine ugly, I want thy diseaseTake aught from thee shall I if it can be freeI want thy loveLove, love, love, I want thy loveI want thy heartache, the touch of thy handFor weal or woe, I want each kiss in the sandI want thy loveLove, love, love, I want thy loveI want thy love, and all thy lover’s revengeThee and me could write a bad romance I want thy horror, I want thy designThou art a criminal whilst thou art mineI want thy loveLove, love, love, I want thy loveI want thy Nero, thy Bedlam lament,If this is sin then I shall never repent,I want thy loveLove, love, love, I want thy loveI want thy love, and all thy lover’s revengeThee and me could write a bad romance
Pumped Up Kicks (Bardcore | Medieval Style with Vocals - Original by Cornelius Link) Hildegard von Blingin 2020-05-31 | ▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginPumped Up Kicks, medieval style.Lo, I do jump on the mummer wagon. I present to ye, Pumped Up Kicks, or henceforth: Buskin Boots. I must thank Cornelius Funk for giving the world his wonderful arrangement, and also my brother, Friar Funk, for providing his heavenly voice.Original Song: Foster the PeopleMedieval Arrangement: Cornelius Link youtube.com/watch?v=Kl40J5YMmcIListen on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/hildegard_von_blinginLyrics:Robert hath a swift handHe doth gaze upon the fyrd, and he maketh a planHe hath a jaunty cap, perched upon his head, he is a longbowmanHe did find an old bow of yewAnd a quiver of arrows in his father’s chest, wherefore I cannot sayBut he cometh for thee, yea he cometh for theeAll ye bully-rooks with your buskin boots Best ye go, best ye goOutrun my bowAll ye bully-rooks with your buskin bootsBest ye go, best ye go, faster than mine arrowFather worketh all dayAnd he cometh home late, yea he cometh home lateMayhaps he bringeth me a giftFor stew is in the pot though it doth taste of gritI have waited e’re longNow mine eye is quick and mine arm is strongI reason with my crooked capAnd say “Thou art an artless, greasy tallow-catch.” YeaAll ye bully-rooks with your buskin boots Best ye go, best ye goOutrun my bowAll ye bully-rooks with your buskin bootsBest ye go, best ye go, faster than mine arrow
What is Love (Bardcore | Medieval Style with Vocals - Original by Cornelius Link) Hildegard von Blingin 2020-05-26 | ▶ Consider supporting the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/hildegardvonblinginWhat is Love (Medieval Style with Singer)Original song by HaddawayMedieval edit by Cornelius Link youtube.com/watch?v=kJWvmSJ3k9QVocals and lyrics by Hildegard von Blingin'Listen on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/hildegard_von_blinginLyrics:What is love? Lady thou woundest,thou woundest, mine heart.Oh I know not whither thou art, or wherefore thou tearest us apartIf ever thou beest mine, giv'st me a signWhat is love? Lady thou woundest,thou woundest, mine heart.I know not what can granted be, for doth not my freedom rest with thee?What shall remain if we are twain?Alack, I beseechWhat is love? Lady thou woundest,thou woundest, mine heart.
