Willow - Taylor Swift (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover)
Happy 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 night
Rough on the surface, but thou cut’st through like a knife
And if we were not bound by fate,
Ne’er would have known from the look on thy face
Lost in thy current like a priceless wine
The more thou dost say, the less I know
Whither thou wilt stray, I follow
I beg of thee, please, take my hand,
Foil my plans, thou'rt my man
Life was a willow and it bent before thy wind
Head on the pillow, I could feel thee stealing in
As if thou wert a mythical thing,
A chalice from the palace or a champion ring
There was one prize I would die to win
The more thou dost say, the less I know
Whither thou wilt stray, I follow
I beg of thee, please, take my hand,
Foil my plans, thou'rt my man
Thou knowest my ship could bear thee home
Anywhere else is hollow
I beg of thee, please, take my hand,
Foil my plans, thou'rt my man
Life was a willow, and it bent before thy wind
I am scorned time and time again
Life was a willow, and it bent before thy wind
Yet I return like an old refrain
Wait for the signal, I shall meet thee after dark
Down by the tree where my name and mine are carv’d
Now we two are bound by fate
Belike I might have known from the look on thy face
Every facade was a work of art
The more thou dost say, the less I know
Whither thou wilt stray, I follow
I beg of thee, please, take my hand,
Foil my plans, thou'rt my man
Thou knowest my ship could bear thee home
Anywhere else is hollow
I beg of thee, please, take my hand,
Foil my plans, thou'rt my man
The more thou dost say, the less I know
Whither thou wilt stray, I follow
I beg of thee, please, take my hand,
Foil my plans, thou'rt my man
I know that my ship could bear thee home
Anywhere else is hollow
I beg of thee, please, take my hand,
Foil my plans, thou'rt my man
Elisabeth Bennet
5 цагийн өмнө
Please do also Ivy by Taylor Swift 🥰
bii leto
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You drew this?! Multitalented queen 😱❤
Victor AB
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Just wanted to say that my 5 month old son loves your work and in the morning he only relaxes while being carried listening to it.
CutelilMurderer
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Can we Have Help! by the Beatles in Old Welsh
Alessio Barone
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Zedd ft foxes clarity
Esorcalil
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This is absolutely amazing. I always love listening to your songs. Your voice gives me goosebumps
たぐろせいな
2 өдрийн өмнө
i love itttt
Sri Azizah Syahrani
2 өдрийн өмнө
THIS IS REALLY GOOD ❤️❤️❤️
Ben B
2 өдрийн өмнө
Just found this channel when I was looking up Hildegard for a class of mine, found this and was not dissapointed.
Modern Day Magi
2 өдрийн өмнө
savatage hall of the mountain king would make a cool bardcore cover.
Minahil Mustafa
2 өдрийн өмнө
Please do a medieval-style cover of Ivy too, no cover exists yet and I'm sure you're the ONLY person who can do it justice.
Caitlin Jenkins
3 өдрийн өмнө
Didn't see the end of this title and clicked thinking it was a lyric video. I'm not disappointed.
Mark stanzel
3 өдрийн өмнө
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Skulduggery Pleasant
3 өдрийн өмнө
Is it weird that I don't even know the original?
Poppy Sands
4 өдрийн өмнө
One word. YES.
sleep-deprived alien
4 өдрийн өмнө
thou hast blessed us again with thine fair voice, lady von Blingin'.
hongjoong's iconic laugh
4 өдрийн өмнө
2:11 hold up- this just got more romantic 🥺
Ελευθερία Βασίλειου
5 өдрийн өмнө
You should try out Blinding lights
Swiffer
6 өдрийн өмнө
WOW THIS IS SO GOOD😻🔥
Nla Eid
6 өдрийн өмнө
Your excellent and authentic instrumentals combined with your vocalist's angelic voice is just... heavenly.
Koba Nogard
6 өдрийн өмнө
I want this playing at my wedding
Jared Barton
6 өдрийн өмнө
Bardcore and sea shanties are a great way to start of 2021
antonio benigno
6 өдрийн өмнө
bardcore is the new best invention in humanity history
Bruce Luiz
7 өдрийн өмнө
"Lost in thy currrent like a priceless wine" Yond one hitteth home, lief bard. Has't mine own patronage, singeth'r of mine own woes!
Aidan Gutierrez
7 өдрийн өмнө
@Hildegarde Von Blingin, I don't suppose you're fantasy movie worth 10 points is Court Jester starring Danny Kaye? A chalice with a palace is good fun, but perhaps the poison is in the vessel with the pestle?
Angela Jane
8 өдрийн өмнө
Wow! So beautiful!😍😍😍😍
Renad Farid
8 өдрийн өмнө
Can we have an instrumental version of this?
brianwesley28
8 өдрийн өмнө
Elli shared this with me.
Ayten Coşkun
8 өдрийн өмнө
i need this in spotify. This version like a miracle soo beautiful
Xucrute com Chantilly
9 өдрийн өмнө
this is one of the best thing I've ever heard
another random humanoid
9 өдрийн өмнө
I haven't even heard the original, now I don't need to.
M.R.A Ang
9 өдрийн өмнө
Your channel name is hilarious, I love it. It took me right back to my year 9 music class on music history😂
Joseanelys Ferrer
9 өдрийн өмнө
Your voice is such a work of art. And your way of reimagining the lyrics is AMAZING.❤❤❤ . . . . Broken by Seether or My Immortal could also befantastic covers.
Madelyn Perdue
9 өдрийн өмнө
was this song not already bardcore...? it kinda sounds like it lol
Salem
9 өдрийн өмнө
could you please do evermore? thanks miss hidlegarde
Alex B.
9 өдрийн өмнө
I haven't heard the original.. and now I'm afraid that if I do I'll be disappointed it won't be as good.
Alex B.
9 өдрийн өмнө
I was correct.
Kay Beck
9 өдрийн өмнө
Not gonna lie this is better than the original 😂 I’m not a Taylor swift listener but I like your cover
Glixous Manurios
10 өдрийн өмнө
This is so Awesome!!!
Salman Ahmed Khan
10 өдрийн өмнө
Oh my god ! 😍
Alizah Sommers
10 өдрийн өмнө
What kind of music do you like? Me: ... It's... complicated
Lanonyme Mystère.
10 өдрийн өмнө
The idea, the musical arrangment, your voice, everything is amazing in this channel! ❤👏👏👏
Essa Does Stuff
11 өдрийн өмнө
THIS IS PERFECT
Ella Tayhon
11 өдрийн өмнө
This is not just 'willow' (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover), This is '𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜' (𝕭𝖆𝖗𝖉𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖊 | 𝕸𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖊𝖛𝖆𝖑 𝕾𝖙𝖞𝖑𝖊 𝕮𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖗)
John Nino Canillo
11 өдрийн өмнө
If this was the sound of Folklore and Evermore, gurl my medieval clothes are ready✨
PokeObsession
11 өдрийн өмнө
I didn’t realize Taylor released medieval albums in 2020
rainjustice38
11 өдрийн өмнө
Wow. This is amazing!
Valery Kravtsova
11 өдрийн өмнө
Even more magical than original. Like this version even better 💕
Melchor Paete
12 өдрийн өмнө
Ahhhhhhh thy voice is beautiful! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Krist Miranda
12 өдрийн өмнө
Make more song of Taylor 🥺😍😍
Krist Miranda
12 өдрийн өмнө
😍😍😍 Singing this with harmony 😍
Samuel Bautista
12 өдрийн өмнө
LOVE ITTT 100%
Vedansh Chauhan
12 өдрийн өмнө
The instrumentation is so beautiful
crowonthepowerlines
12 өдрийн өмнө
Finally! I need more Blingin' in my life! Forgive my contumely, for I am lost in the passions that thine verse inspires.
Katheryn Fontayne
12 өдрийн өмнө
that court jester reference tho 10/10
Lelouch Vi
12 өдрийн өмнө
Oh God! My favorite song!!
Bee Beau
12 өдрийн өмнө
Medieval wap?
Flong Butz
13 өдрийн өмнө
And here I thought I am listening to one of Shakespeare's tragic story. Damn so good. 😍
Cherry Black
13 өдрийн өмнө
Wait, now you´re even painting these beautiful pictures yourself? I am very sorry fair lady, but I accuse thee of witchcraft.
NeiKeta
13 өдрийн өмнө
Please do Blinding Lights next! I know Cornelius has a medieval version of it, so it's ripe for the picking! Dost thou agree?
Rachel Coleman
13 өдрийн өмнө
Yes!!
Ivana Glb
14 өдрийн өмнө
Can we see something from Dua Lipa or Ava Max, also?
Marie Ramos
14 өдрийн өмнө
Omg!!! This is so good!
Water Sheep
14 өдрийн өмнө
can you guys cover some songs from six the musical? would be cool too since the six ex wives were in the 1500s
Jirachi 101
14 өдрийн өмнө
I hope there would be Taylor Swift's Love Story UwU
S
14 өдрийн өмнө
Would you please cover "Delicate" too??
Celeste Hurst
14 өдрийн өмнө
I'll be thinking about what to do with the ten points I've earned while sipping from my vessel with the pestle.
Tenthousandfist
14 өдрийн өмнө
One of the oldest channel on YT
Jill Valentine
14 өдрийн өмнө
petition for taylor to use this lyrics instead
Combined Hands अंजलि
15 өдрийн өмнө
Divine🔥
sha1015
15 өдрийн өмнө
please!!! please!!! do Taylor's Ivy🙏🙏🙏
beepbeep bloop
15 өдрийн өмнө
Kinda feel like time traveling and sing this to villagers
Irish Florain
15 өдрийн өмнө
please do Ivy 😭
Alex Davies
15 өдрийн өмнө
Better than the OG
Eastia
15 өдрийн өмнө
I loveth theseth songs so much and I fain them whilst I sleepe. Prithee keepe making these! and if thee wouldst put these on spotifie yond wouldst amazing!
Anakta Prabhu
15 өдрийн өмнө
Okay this was absolutely genius and beautiful. 'I am scorned time and time again', ' Yet I return like an old refrain' and 'Now we two are bound by fate' are my favourite lines
Ariadne Dodd
15 өдрийн өмнө
I think I might've found your reference - is your "chalice from the palace" from The Court Jester?
Matanel89
15 өдрийн өмнө
I love it!!!! It sounds like other worldly music! Amazing!!!
Evan Smith
15 өдрийн өмнө
This sounds official lol the song has a medieval feel to it. This fits perfectly
Karla Hernandez
15 өдрийн өмнө
Pleaseeeee do no body, no crime
Erin Laney
15 өдрийн өмнө
This over the original :)
Isabela Rocha
16 өдрийн өмнө
Your music makes me want to memorize all of your songs, go to the past to try life as a bard and possibly damage our current timeline
Munna Begum
16 өдрийн өмнө
I love these so much. My favourite is 'pumped up kicks', definitely recommend.
Benjamin Gabutero
16 өдрийн өмнө
Please do No body, no crime I'm begging 😭
Mariah Gumm
16 өдрийн өмнө
Wherest WAP, the infamous brothel song, milady?
Momo Gutiérrez Fotografía
16 өдрийн өмнө
This is gorgeous.
Hannah Lise
16 өдрийн өмнө
This was the best discovery of 2021!! 😭💕 Bless you for sharing your talents with an undeserving audience
Miguel Plata
16 өдрийн өмнө
Wow simple wow, this is so good, I feel transported to another time.
Funda Dağ
16 өдрийн өмнө
I think you should also add "original" lyrics too, so we can see which words are changed with time. As a non-English speaker, I love every word changings by time, in different languages. It would be interesting, hope that you can consider :)
Dirt
17 өдрийн өмнө
could you maybe do XS by Rina Sawayama? I've been searching for it and nobodys done it yet :((
Michael Pratini
17 өдрийн өмнө
Ficou foda!!!
João
17 өдрийн өмнө
please do more folklore and evermore covers
Veronica Marie
17 өдрийн өмнө
Oh I am into this
fleshpocket
17 өдрийн өмнө
youve turned a forgettable pop song into a timeless classic. this is beautiful
Maxim Vasilleyvich
17 өдрийн өмнө
Lilium PLEASE!
Juan Rial
17 өдрийн өмнө
Aight, I don't want to sound like _those guys,_ so by all means, feel free to disregard. But every time I listen to one of your songs, I'm wondering what the Hildegard version of "Inside" (Stiltstkin) would sound like. Yeah, I know... What would be the point, right? A medieval interpretation of a medieval song? :')
Dhrubo Ahmed
17 өдрийн өмнө
OMG I love this. Can you please make a medieval version of Betty and Champaign Problems? ............ EDIT: Ah yes, and Exile. PLEEEEEASE! TTvTT
Dan K
18 өдрийн өмнө
AAAAAAHHHHHH I LOVE THIS SOOOO MUCHHH
Thy Huynh
18 өдрийн өмнө
Okay more folklore and evermore covers please. You dont even have to think of new lyrics
Noah G
18 өдрийн өмнө
Way better than the “real” version. Much more meaningful with the older language. St. Hildegard, Ora pro Nobis
Víctor Mena
18 өдрийн өмнө
This is amaziiiiiing could you do more taylor? 👀
A K
18 өдрийн өмнө
And JUST SUBSCRIBED ✨✨💝💝