Happy Halloween, y’all!
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Tonight’s the night of Halloween
Tonight’s the night of Halloween,
and the fairy court will ride;
And she that would her true love win
at Miles Cross must bide.Happy Halloween (or Hallowe’en, depending on your spelling preference)!
In celebration, have some filkers performing everyone’s favorite traditional ballad about getting knocked up by a weird guy in the woods and having to go rescue him on Halloween before the Faerie can sacrifice him to the Devil 🙂
This version of Tam Lin is performed by Tricky Pixie, aka S.J. Tucker, Alexander James Adams, and Betsy Tinney. Lyrics are available on bandcamp.
Ruby of the Sea – Ginny Di
Since I heard of this siren bright
I’m thinking about her from dawn until night
And though I’ll never be in her spell
I’m falling in love on the stories they tell
“Ruby of the Sea,” by Ginny Di, featuring StarLeigh as the title character, filmed by MoonDust Photography. This is Ginny’s first original song! And it’s available on iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify.
Filk sampler on Spotify
Filk sampler on Spotify
“Filk Sampler” a playlist on Spotify that I put together with help from other filkers on Facebook, focused on giving a good overview and introduction to filk.
submitted by Karl-Johan Noren
Alchemy – Cerian Cantwr
@arachnaetheyarnspider submitted: It’s been a while since I’ve seen any SCA filk on here. How about a song about a Very Serious Ancient Science?
(Let’s be honest, it’s been a while since there’s been ANYTHING on here. I Have Become Grad School -dog mod)
Cerian Cantwr singing a song called “Alchemy,” about….alchemy.
captainlordauditor asked:
Would you happen to know/have a link to any sort of ‘filk primer’ playlists or song recs, to send to people who are new to filk?
Nat (brain mod) made a whole “Filk 101″ series on 8tracks!
“Unit 1: Parody Everything”
“Unit 2: SPACE!”
“Unit 3: This Is What Happens When You Let Fantasy Novelists Write Music”
“Unit 2: SPACE!”
“Unit 3: This Is What Happens When You Let Fantasy Novelists Write Music”
These have a got a pretty good range of songs, but I’d love to know if anyone else has an “intro to filk” playlist they give people when they’re trying to drag them in, or if there’s a song they consider The Filk Song when they want to give somebody a quick example!
Child of Promise – Dog of Ulthar
Child of promise, burning bright
The village wept for you that night
Your parents held you, let you go
Sent you away to learn and growI wrote a song about a sad wizard for Critical Role reasons, full lyrics under the cut
The Fury and the Dirge – Love Patrol Beta
Ballad from the collection of a bard in Miwith Shili, who claims she got the story first-hand from a survivor of the Devil’s Dirge.
Lyrics below the cut!
Sun of Vulcan – Debra F. Sanders & Cynthia McQuillin
Sun of Vulcan grant that I may be restored
I do not seek nor understand, what I am fighting for
Have you always wanted to hear a heartfelt song about Pon Farr? Would you like some genuine, vintage, archival quality Spirk content? Yes, yes you would.
“Sun of Vulcan,” by Debra F. Sanders & Cynthia McQuillin
Lyrics below the cut, since they’re not readily available online. Thanks to @aaaaaicantthinkofaname for the transcription!
Keylor’s Rage – Heather Alexander
Keylor’s rage is burning for all her slaughtered kin
Pray gods we reach the back door while she’s still coming in
She spares no man or woman, her eyes blaze like the sun
She moves like nothing human – good gods, what has she done?
“Keylor’s Rage,” sung by Heather Alexander, based on lyrics in Andre Norton’s Witch World novels. Full lyrics under the cut.