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In the Halls of Our Fathers – Ingrid Windsland

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ingridbeast:

ingridbeast:

“In the Halls of Our Fathers”, or “Thorin’s Farewell” which was it’s working title, is a song I wrote shortly after Easter, and I’ve been editing and revising it ever since. Only now am I happy with how the lyrics turned out. This is actually the very first recording I have ever done of it, done in one take with no editing (which is rather rare for me, as I usually do several takes with a lot of editing before I’m happy with it), so it’s practically a live version. I guess I’m just really eager to share it with you all! ^_^

The picture is of two wonderful cosplayers I had the pleasure of meeting at HobbitCon and is taken by Felix (http://revelio.deviantart.com/). You can find the whole photo shoot here:
http://bittersuites.tumblr.com/post/82818914778/the-clouds-burst-the-end-of-durins-line

Thorin: http://a-very-important-dwarf.tumblr.com/
Bilbo: http://misterbilbo.tumblr.com/

Lyrics
In the Halls of Our Fathers
(Thorin’s Farewell)

Lift your gaze
For someone so small
You had a bravery
That baffled us all
And in your reluctance
You found in your heart
The kindness to see through
A rough-cut facade

And the road lay before you
So frightful and new
But you joined our company
As one of a few
To share an adventure
And through the world roam
To the Halls of our Fathers
Our home

Lift you head
For all you have learned
You found your courage
When everything burned
In our darkest hour
To this ragged crew
Your heart remained loyal
And your spirit true

And the road lies behind you
The world lies ahead
Through woodland and mountain
And battle it lead
Together we stand now
Midst pillars of yore
In the Halls of our Fathers
Once more

Lift your hand
And let it clasp mine
I need your forgiveness
Before it is time
Thief I once called you
But you are my friend
And the last to embrace me
Here at the end

For my road has ended
So bid me farewell
And remember me kindly
In stories you’ll tell
And lay me to rest
When my last breath has passed
In the Halls of our Fathers
At last

Yeah, I’m sorry, but there is no way I’m not reblogging this after seeing the trailer …

The Girl in Red Crossing – Ingrid Windsland

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ingridbeast:

Cosplaying Maryden Halewell (the tavern bard from Dragon Age Inquisition) makes me want to sing ALL the songs, but some of them don’t have melodies, which means I have to make melodies for them myself. 😉
This one is The Girl in Red Crossing. Hope you like it! ^_^

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

The Fulgory Bird – Karen & Chris Weber

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Has aught been heard of the Fulgory
Bird in the isles to the west of Man?
For hither the gilded galleys of men
have sailed since the world began.
With painted sails and mariners’ songs
We come with trumpets and brazen gongs
To procure that for which His Majesty longs,
The remarkable Fulgory Bird.

“The Fulgory Bird,” by Karen and Chris Weber, based on a verse in The Drawing of the Dark, by Tim Powers

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Everybody's Moon – Kathy Mar

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Shine on, everybody’s moon, up everybody’s sky
Down everybody’s heart
Shine on everybody’s dreams, no matter where they fly
Watch over what they start
Dry up everybody’s tears, you know no one else can
And somebody ought to
Kind of work on keeping things together
Til we figure what to do

“Everybody’s Moon,” by Kathy Mar

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

North English Hymn (Post Aureate) – Sofe

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englishmagic:

Remember when I wrote Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell fanfiction in the form of a hymn to the Raven King? Well I’ve sung it now. Please excuse the fact that hARMONISING WITH RECORDINGS OF MYSELF IS REALLY DIFFICULT and I HAVE NO PROPER MIC and of course my AUDACITY SKILLS ARE ATROCIOUS
Apart from that, what do you think?

Storyteller – Anne Harlan Prather

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aratinwe:

Anne Harlan Prather – Storyteller
I’ll sing of hawk and dragonfire
Of miracles and men
I’ll sing of places far beyond
My outer vision’s ken
I’ll sing of pride and sorcery
Of lovers, priests and kings
I’ll sing of wars and heroes
And of golden bells in spring.
I’ll sing of endless galaxies
Of planets far away,
I’ll tell you stories closer than
Their times or places say.
I’ll sing of dragons dreaming
In a sun-swept paradise>
I’ll sing of madness and of hope
Beneath the storm-tossed sky.
And when I’ve told my story
May you ask no more of me
Than the healing that its telling brings
Of bonded souls set free,
This world would be a bitter place
If no one ever thought
Of dragonsongs or hawks in flight
Or lovers linked in thought.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)