Tarek

Calm/Ethnic Music

Sleep 2

PRINCE PRYDERI

There was a King lived in this land, a noble lord was he
He wed a lady from the west and nobler still was she
Was she, nobler still was she.

But three long years had passed and no child had she born
The king’s lords then began to speak, send her away back home
Back home, send her away back home

She is of Elven folk they said, no mortal maid is she
And never will you raise an heir ‘till from her you are free
Are free, from her you are free

But he so loved his lady fair “another year” he said
And then the lady grew with child and took unto her bed
Her bed, took unto her bed

Black was the night and cold winds blew, the child at last was born
And six handmaids were set to watch, to serve them till the dawn
The dawn, serve them till the dawn

But in the night when they did sleep some beast it did appear
And stole the baby from the cot, the handmaids sleeping near
And near, handmaids sleeping near

They went unto the greyhound pen where newborn whelps did lie
And smeared the blood upon the queen then woke her with a cry
A cry, woke her with a cry

It’s “Where’s your babe” the handmaids said and “What’s this blood we see?
Oh you have followed your Elven heart and slain your own baby 
Baby, slain your own baby?

The king has called his nobles all by one by two by three
The queen must pay well for her crime; banished she must be
Must be, banished she must be

But out and spake the king himself, “I cannot let his be 
I shall not send her from my realm some other fate she’ll see
She’ll see, some other fate she’ll see

And so for seven years she’ll stand outside my castle keep
To tell her tale to all that pass and bitterly may weep
May weep, bitterly may weep

And she will bear upon your back each one who comes to me
And only after seven years from penance she’ll be free
Be free, penance she’ll be free

Now it fell out that in that land there was a bonny mare
And it did chance to foal that night, with the farmer standing there
And there, farmer standing there

And as the foal lay in the straw a creature did appear
To steal away the newborn foal with the farmer standing near
And near, farmer standing near

And as the farmer smote the beast and the foal fell to the ground 
Beside it lay a new born child with costly robes around
Around, costly robes around

The farmer raised the child as his, the child grew strong and fair
Until he to the castle went for selling of his wares
His wares, selling of his wares

And the farmer took the child with him unto the king’s far hall
And there, without the castle gate, he heard the queen’s sad tale
Sad tale, heard the queen’s sad tale

Then out and stepped the noble child, his mother knew him then
Here is my only son she said given back to me again
Again, given back to me again

And so the king and nobles met and he reclaimed his queen
And now the noble child a prince is raised the two between
Between, raised the two between


Prince Pryderi

Elven Lullaby

Many, many years ago, I made this music for the poem of Nimrodel from Lord of the Rings, and now I've managed to record it all at last.



Photo credits:

Photo and edit: Stig Repstad
Model, make-up and costume: Maria Louise Try (www.facebook.com/wondrousforestcreations)

Lyrics:

Nimrodel 
By J. R. R. Tolkien

An Elven-maid there was of old,
A shining star by day.
Her mantle white was hemmed with gold,
Her shoes of silver-grey.

A star was bound upon her brows,
A light was on her hair
As sun upon the golden boughs
In Lorien the fair.

Her hair was long, her limbs were white,
And fair she was and free;
And in the wind she went as light
As leaf of linden-tree.

Beside the falls of Nimrodel,
By water clear and cool,
Her voice as falling silver fell
Into the shining pool.

Where now she wanders none can tell,
In sunlight or in shade;
For lost of yore was Nimrodel
And in the mountains strayed.

The elven-ships in haven grey
Beneath the mountain-lee
Awaited her for many a day
Beside the roaring sea.

A wind by night in Northern lands
Arose, and loud it cried,
And drove the ship from elven-strands
Across the steaming tide.

When dawn came dim the land was lost,
The mountains sinking grey
Beyond the heaving waves that tossed
Their plumes of blinding spray.

Amroth beheld the fading shore
Now low beyond the swell,
And cursed the faithless ship that bore
Him far from Nimrodel.

Of old he was an Elven-king,
A lord of tree and glen,
When golden were the boughs in spring
In fair Lothlorien.

From helm to sea they saw him leap,
As arrow from the string,
And dive into the water deep,
As mew upon the wing.

The wind was in his flowing hair,
The foam about him shone;
Afar they saw him strong and fair
Go riding like a swan.

But from the West has come no word,
And on the Hither Shore
No tidings Elven-folk have heard
Of Amroth evermore.

Nimrodel

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WEIGHTED GROUND from Colossal Trailer Music’s album WEIGHTED GROUND (CTM007)

Composed by Alexandros Nikolaidis.

Featuring Julie Elven.

“Emotional and evocative orchestral vocal piece with a sparse beginning building into an epic and ethereal finale”

Album Cover Art by Koke Núñez Gómez.

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Weighted Ground (feat. Julie Elven)

Mother Earth

A version of the elven lullaby (found in World of Thedas II) as sung in part two of To Throw Down the Sun. While the tune is wistful, and I kept mostly to minor intervals, I wanted this version to have a warmth to it, catching Yael's deep love for the last child of her clan. 

El'gara vallas, da'len
melava somniar
mala taren aravas
ara ma'desen melar

Iras ma ghillas, da'len:
ara ma'nedan ashir
Dirthara lothlenan'as,
bal emma mala dir

Tel'enfenim da'len--
--irrassal ma ghilas
ma garas mir renan
ara ma'athlan vhenas

ara ma'athlan vhenas

Bonus Track - Mir da'len somniar - for Elianwy

Gartan Mother's Lullaby (Traditional)
with Seven Times Salt
Matthew Wright - lute
Karen Burciaga - fiddle
Recorded live on December 15, 2015 at Eliot Church of Newton, MA

www.seventimessalt.com


Gartan Mother's Lullaby

Strathglass - Windham Hill

Enya - Only Time - (Violin Cover)

This track is from the album Festivale and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/adamhurst12

Across the River

http://matthewcarlearl.com
Lead Composer @ Hexany Audio

Contact:
mearl@hexanyaudio.com

Elven Lullaby

Matthew Carl Earl