Hi @determamfidd! Recording “The Iron Hills For Me” (the French version, anyway) is kicking my arse six ways to Sunday, so I thought I’d share something I wrote with Sansûkh in mind which I only just recorded (and FINALLY found a second voice for!!) :o) It’s a song of exile from the Lonely Mountain, about the coming of the Great Dragon and the calamity it was for Dwarves and Men. Kind of a dirge, kind of a folk song, I guess, from the point of view of Extra Dwarrowdam #5. Because the Line of Durin were not the only Dwarves who lost everything that day…
It gets Serious. Lest you think I’m taking myself too seriously, though, I should point out I did the drum rhythm thing with an empty Nesquick box and a sock on my hand :3
“Dwarvish Song of Exile (Oh My Forge, Oh My Home)”
The sky was blue, the mountain tall, Oh my forge, oh my home The sun did shine, the leaves did fall Oh my forge, oh my home
My husband with him took our son Oh my forge, oh my home For the market day had come Oh my forge, oh my home
I stayed in the Mountain with our girl Oh my forge, oh my home To make a ring of gold and pearl Oh my forge, oh my home
Oh, the sun did shine that day As the fire burned everything away
No-one knows why he came down Oh my forge, oh my home Was it for gold, or for a crown Oh my forge, oh my home
The town of Dale, he first came for Oh my forge, oh my home From here I heard the dragon roar Oh my forge, oh my home
The market place he set ablaze Oh my forge, oh my home The whole of Dale it burned for days Oh my forge, oh my home
The men of Dale stood up and fought But against the dragon came to nought
We thought the Mountain safe and strong Oh my forge, oh my home We thought our walls would hold him long Oh my forge, oh my home
He broke our walls and burned our home Oh my forge, oh my home He set us on the road to roam Oh my forge, oh my home
My husband burned, my boy was slain Oh my forge, oh my home My girl I never saw again Oh my forge, oh my home
I lost my home, I lost my pride And still I grieve for those who died…
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OH MY DEAR MERCIFUL MAHAL
Bel Bel this IS AMAZING
I am utterly in awe, both of your songcraft and of your beautiful voice… This really feels real, it strikes the heart exactly like the kind of song people would sing when fleeing disaster
I LOVE it, oh my goshhhh thank you, I love this so SO much!!