Jolene (Bardcore | Medieval Style)

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Jolene, By Dolly Parton (Bardcore/Medieval Style)
Good morrow! I have descended from my cloister once more with another offering for the ravenous rabble.
Silliness aside, I want to thank you all again for helping to make such a wholesome part of the internet. I live for your hilarious comments and witty imaginings, and only wish I had more time to devote to this. I'm back to work, so I can't aspire to weekly videos, but I do endeavour to continue making these.
The art is a composite/partial paint over of three different sources, including: MS Bodley 264, and Lausanne, Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire U 964 - Biblia Porta fol. 178r, and one other that I've had no luck tracking down.
Lyrics:
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I beg of thee, pray take not my lord
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I fear, from thee, ‘twould take naught but a word
Thy beauty is beyond compare
With flaming locks of auburn hair
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
Thy smile is like a breath of Spring
Thy voice is soft like Summer rain
And I cannot compete with thee
Jolene
He talketh of thee in his sleep
And alas, I cannot keep
From weeping when I hear thy name
Jolene
Although it is so plain to see
How little he doth mean to thee
My love for him is boundless as the sea
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I beg of thee, oh please take not my lord
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I fear, from you, ‘twould take naught but a word
Thou couldst have thy choice of men
But I could never love again
He is the only one for me
Jolene
I would risk both life and limb
To spend my only days with him
My happiness is at thy whim,
Jolene
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I beg of thee, pray take not my lord
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I fear, from thee, ‘twould take naught but a word

[@bernadettebanner]

I LIVE FOR THESE WITH EVERY FIBRE OF MY BEING

[@Hildegardvonblingin]

THANK YOU!!!! (No surprise, but I'm such a fan of your channel)

[@PrimxInxTeal]

My two favourite channels, in one spot!

[@carolines7215]

Somehow I knew that this would be exactly your scene!

[@AKD741]

@@carolines7215 WE ALL SHOULD HAVE KNOWN

[@AliciaB.]

genuinely glad to find you here Bernadette :)

[@joshprice4855]

Medieval Dolly: *has a lord* Jolene: Tis a free parcel of land

[@unicorn1876]

underrated

[@renamami]

Can we make this top comment? Please?

[@jinggu.]

@Ren Amami already is 😌

[@Blayze]

Tis a free fiefdom.

[@kmen07]

Gold!

[@thisisajang]

This was written by the most famous female musician in history, Lady Dolores of Parton

[@agod5608]

LOL

[@jetblack8086]

Came at 666 likes on your comment. And I was just gonna ask for a Bardcore version The Devil Went Down To Georgia. Can’t just be a coincidence

[@thisisajang]

@@jetblack8086 there's no coincidence, M'lord. Life as we know it is a network of fates.

[@dracodeanglicus3857]

*_DOTH MINE EYES SEE HERESY MOSTE FOUL!?_*

[@jetblack8086]

*My liege, I seem to have been possessed by a demon. Please call a Priest immediately!*

[@sockjim9016]

If Jolene can so easily taketh mine lord, she may keepeth that scoundrel of a man for herself

[@arithmomania1237]

That's on period

[@Anna-ok4nd]

I love this!! 😊

[@renamami]

Thou hast spoketh the purest of facts I applaud thee, mine good sir

[@yve6692]

and you have spilleth the tea, sister. i applaud you.

[@vicky248123]

Thou speaks the good word, if only more had thy wisdom

[@ninjaswordtothehead]

Dolly Parton is so amazing, she wrote a song that was somehow awesome 500 years before she was born.

[@tophers3756]

They say good music is timeless.

[@red_five3325]

Confirmed: Dolly Parton's a time traveler.

[@thelordcomanderwhocriedwolf]

She timetraveled before Einstein came up with the theory of relativity and is an amazing and clever artist.💪

[@tettazwo9865]

One of the best comments I read ever!

[@o.602]

Sorry for ruining your 666 likes

[@DandyMira]

My 76 year old grandma adores these covers, she asks me to play them for her constantly

[@rubym6178]

Bless her , these covers are gold

[@armorsmith43]

What does your grandma think of Patty Gurdy?

[@b005t3r]

She surely remembers those from her childhood!

[@Hildegardvonblingin]

That is so very sweet. Please tell her I say thank you!

[@misspotential]

OMG!

[@ishmaelmcgoo2945]

In 10 years I hope to hear this on a playlist called "bardic ballads that get the serfs TURNT"

[@VisionsofChina]

Now That's What I Call Music 1326

[@ShadowcasterZero]

*Thy

[@seirbhiseach]

Need these on spotify soon

[@SanaSamaha]

I mean... You could start the playlist right now...

[@WodaUtlenioooonaaa]

@@SanaSamaha na man, let's be real, too much hustle

[@drewinsch2916]

That the line: "Your beauty is beyond compare With flaming locks of auburn hair With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green" remains unchanged is testament of Dolly Parton's impeccable song writing.

[@velvety2006]

only at that time all she had to do is accuse her of witchcraft and it would have been bye-bye Joleen 🤣

[@QualityPen]

velvety2006 Not necessarily. Medieval witch trials such as those conducted by the Spanish Inquisition were actually unlikely to get someone convicted compared to the secular justice systems of the time. Spanish criminals *wanted* to be tried in Inquisition courts instead of secular ones. The Salem Witch Trial type events aren’t from the Medieval times, and even there confession and repentance was most of the time enough to let someone off of the hook.

[@peterschaffter826]

Funny, I had exactly the same reaction to those lines.

[@dontaylor7315]

Drew Insch it goes to prove Dolly's a true Appalachian mountain woman. A lot of the folksongs up in those hills were straight out of the Medieval British Isles and that tradition obviously stayed with her.

[@erinw.9256]

Sweeeettttt

[@mika9937]

I love how literally nothing had so be changed (except for "you") in dollys description of Jolene. Only shows how beautiful her lyric writing is

[@kabobawsome]

Dolly Parton is genuinely a musical mastermind that, despite being arguably the single most universally beloved American icon, still does not get enough recognition.

[@melissalemmons549]

I noticed the same thing!

[@zerjiozerjio]

It’s funny how Dolly can pull off language that would be trite in anyone else’s hands. “Eyes of emerald green” sounds so general, but there’s something about the earnestness of the emotion in the song that sells it as universal instead. It sounds like something you’d experience today, in the 70s or a thousand years ago.

[@Cloiss_]

"flaming locks of auburn hair" in particular

[@valkyrie1066]

AND how long women have been having that same problem......

[@Lieutenant_Spoons]

Hear me out, Medieval style I need a hero. Im just sayin'

[@allisonsuba7848]

total eclipse of the heart would also be phenomenal

[@amiejo]

Allison Suba singing that would likely get HvB burnt at the stake!

[@teethdotjpeg]

YES

[@Darkly211]

OH!!! Omg I would do anything for a Bardcore "I need a Hero" especially sort of like the Jennifer Saunders style.

[@chapps.6891]

YES PLEASE

[@Kardel_VA]

I just love that the genre is now officially called "Bardcore".

[@iEMoT1ONs]

Kardel why the core?? Kinda ruins it. This channels music is amazing though. I’ve never heard of “bardcore.” I mostly associate the word “core” with variants of metal.

[@aoifebingham3751]

@@iEMoT1ONs that's the point lol

[@madstofting9852]

@@iEMoT1ONs it is like nightcore. You take a song and alter it in a thematic way and boom, a new core.

[@dagoelius]

Its medieval music. Bardcore is what attention deficit millennials with poor education call it.

[@silverhawk1045]

@@dagoelius Ok boomer

[@angelserenade]

Catherine of Aragon: Boleyn, Boleyn, oh Anne Boleyn... I beg of thee, pray take not my lord

[@hathatto1129]

Anne: Jolene, Jolene, Jolene... Seymour: my name is Jane actually

[@immapokeyouwiththetruth1476]

Anna to jane: Jolene Jolene Jolene Jolene I beg to thee, to take thy lord

[@qwertyqwerty-jy9fc]

Xd

[@simpkatakuri1821]

Omg Gyokuen pfp

[@kiragoldy4615]

DAAAAMN. Lol.

[@Deadnight-ei6lp]

Fun fact, Dolly Parton wrote both 'Jolene' and 'I will always love you' on the same day. Not just the lyrics, the music as well

[@Stadtpark90]

Sounds like she was really in love and Jolene described an actual person… - now I’m getting curious.

[@heneralantonioluna8725]

@@Stadtpark90 Jolene was her husband's pretty mistress

[@glamethyst9144]

@@Stadtpark90 i’ve heard her husband had a mistress, but her name wasn’t Jolene. I’m not sure if Dolly Parton knew her name or not at the time of writing the song, but what I do know is that Jolene was the name of a pretty redheaded girl who asked Dolly for an autograph. Please correct me if I’m wrong because I very well could be.

[@xavierrose8208]

@@glamethyst9144 she knew her, she worked the bank and she went into the coffee room of the bank one day and told the woman to leave her husband alone or she'd bust her lip

[@rosasunsprite8901]

@@heneralantonioluna8725 I thought Jolene was from a fan Dolly met, and that Dolly just loved her name so she wanted to write a song with her name in it. Then a red headed woman tried to flirt with her husband later on, so Dolly ended up writing “Jolene”

[@terragthegreat175]

I like how most of the lyrics don't need changing to sound medieval.

[@BlizzetaNet]

Modern English tis not far from Colonial English. Thine English is but of a plethora of variants spoken around the world. Fram Greeklish ouer ouee speak very best, to proper English, to Murican and beyond, to a more Medieval/Colonial variant that doth speaketh in 16th century and onward.

[@finalgirl640]

Its the mode of the tune. Lends itself well to a medieval style. 😉

[@shawnbottom4769]

The folk roots of Jolene came from the Scots-Irish immigrants of Appalachia. So a medieval flavor isn’t too much of a stretch.

[@lisafelicia1352]

Exaccctly!

[@andryuu_2000]

@@griffcook97 1200 middle English was more Germanic and harsh than this, but still had a lot of french influences since Normans occupied England around that century

[@Vampire_Logic]

Girl in the artwork be like "Art thou serious right now, Jolene?"

[@GippyHappy]

She really does seem like she’s saying “again?”

[@whitewitch44]

LOL

[@mango4723]

This comment is way funnier that it has any right to be.

[@berserkfan6471]

Lol

[@DannySullivanMusic]

rofl perfect comment

[@sicksalt7765]

Fair ladies of each court beware -- Jolene hath trimmed dresses with which to reveal her pale ankles. Leash your lords and pray they stay true.

[@julzbehr6696]

oh, no! what an outrage! Wears she least still dresses to cover her shoulders, that imodest lady.

[@keiranferrier3642]

I pray she doth at least maintain the decency and innocence of her wrists

[@erinw.9256]

Is she at least woketh?

[@abbie_joan]

doubtful, she is a succubus that Fair Lady Jolene no one can resist her charm not even the wives

[@sicksalt7765]

@@abbie_joan I wish your statements held no truth, but alas. Mine own dearest cousin Agnes hath fallen for her charms, her lord following soon after. I hear Lady Jolene hath once appeared in her father's court with sleeves trimmed to not but her elbows! Her immodesty is a shock, truly.

[@bouncingbeebles]

I just realised that Hildegard Von Blingin is in fact a punnic reference to Saint Hildegard Von Bingen, a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer and practitioner during the High Middle Ages. She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most recorded in modern history. She has been considered by scholars to be the founder of scientific natural history in Germany.

[@elisabethpatterson8821]

Saint Hilde is astounding in so many ways. As an aside she is the Patron Saint of Broadway.

[@kbee8517]

Wow. The more you know

[@shanachayadavison5857]

Strange Aeons just made a video about her, it’s very good.

[@Adam-un5bq]

Even more obscure fact... Hildegard Staunton from the Grantchester book series and lesser character in the TV version is named after the same Saint. :)

[@braija]

She also painted a huge vagjna and called it the cosmic egg

[@alavenderfawn4025]

Dolly would LOVE this. Someone has to find a way for her to hear this.

[@leojbramble]

I hope to God she has heard this.

[@happiestplace3754]

Has Trixie Mattel heard this??!

[@thephoenixxy]

EXACTLY what I was thinking.

[@susan9100]

Does she have a twitter? People need to start tweeting this at her if she hasn't heard it yet.

[@jasonbolding3481]

@@happiestplace3754 is middle English is really trixie's thing?

[@knightofchaos4647]

All these Jolene girls causing trouble throughout the centuries.

[@wellIdiditagain]

😂 it's in or nature. 😂

[@siptea282]

Jolene Rader lmao

[@elumiomerk4013]

@@wellIdiditagain I wonder if any of em are redheads? It's hard to say no to a beautiful ginger.

[@jolenemorris6863]

@@wellIdiditagain sshh don't be tellin' our secrets

[@ejmcguinness6875]

I really thought that flame-haired, alabaster-skinned, beautiful hussies coming to steal my husband would be much more of a problem that it has been. Matter of fact there are some days when I would love for Jolene to come get this man.

[@russbear31]

What's so brilliant about this is that she had to do very little messaging of Dolly's lyrics to make it sound Medieval. Dolly is a modern-day troubadour.

[@aruzb]

Can we just appreciate her hitting those high notes

[@rmdcade1717]

She doesn't just hit them, she nails them with a 90kg stone from over 300m away.

[@EpiclyAverageGirl]

Her voice is the superior siege weapon

[@mangalover0149]

I wouldn't be surprised if she's classically trained.

[@watchingyoutube_]

So effortless too

[@mimimarcus]

@@mangalover0149 Her voice is proof of the classically trained

[@MegA-fs5hi]

The fact that this song sounds so utterly natural in this arrangement is a real testament to the evolution of American Country music from Medieval Anglo folk music.

[@runly1]

Irish trad and folk music also merged into bluegrass and the like.

[@HeathsHarleyQuinn]

Too bad most 'country' these days isn't even close to Dolly's work.

[@fiedelmina]

@@SeymoreSparda there is actually a lot of the Scandinavian fiddle styles in Appalachian fiddling.

[@LoralCrowned]

Yes, well said @Meg and all comments!

[@LoralCrowned]

@@fiedelmina OMG yes. University of Central Oklahoma students made a fine album highlighting the shared European string and vocal roots of Folk and Opera. If you ever see an album "Operagrass" with cartoon Wagnerian lady on it in a used CD bin somewhere, I highly recommend. Wish I could find it to buy myself since I wore out the old one.

[@helenasheels2265]

My biggest question is why KZbin’s algorithm knew I’d be into this..... it’s so specific.

[@leas.8603]

Same!

[@Franacious]

Same, whodathunk?

[@felipevasconcelos6736]

Considering The Algorithm is fed data from every single video you were ever recommended (and the ones you clicked), and of everyone who had this video as a recommendation, it’s not that impressive.

[@catblack4091]

Right? I thought the same thing!!

[@Diabolics6894]

@@felipevasconcelos6736 so what you’re saying is, KZbin saw me looking at GoT and LotR shit, combined it with the music in my playlist and then went on an entire crusade to find out if hiphop and fantasy ever had a secret bastard lovechild only to drag me into bardcore?

[@caolanochearnaigh9804]

This legendary song was composed by the most legendary female bard in the Forgotten Realms, Lady Delores of House Parton. She once fell in love with a knight, but said knight had met a fair maiden on his quest to slay a hideous beast. When the knight rejected her, she cursed the fair maiden's name with every breath she took. That is what gave her the inspiration to write this song. This song is played in taverns all over the Forgotten Realms, as a warning to any promiscuous knights.

[@TCt83067695]

Smh those knights and their promiscuous ways...

[@josiahjacinto4156]

Knights aren't good when it comes to warfare

[@caolanochearnaigh9804]

@@josiahjacinto4156 Not really, no.

[@darkranger116]

Vast majority of bardcore : "hey this song is cool, lets run it through some editors and... Hildegard von Blingin' : *HATH YOU NO SPINE WRETCHED GRUBBER? RETURN HENCE FROM SUCH ILK AS THEE CAME*

[@octochan]

Hildegard actually bothers to do the arrangement to sound more period appropriate

[@kitdubhran2968]

octo chan and the lyrics. They are correctly edited and still match the meter of the song. If it were just the same lyrics it wouldn’t be as good.

[@Facoch42]

Yup, this is the real shit not just taking some midi files and choosing arbitrary acoustic instruments to substitute the modern ones!

[@ilijamitrevski1210]

I think that you and thee there should both be thou. Great points though I'm just a grammar Viking

[@pancakeandwaffle4849]

the_miracle_aligner: *Laughs in anglo-saxon*

[@dachducoda]

“So what music do you listen to” Me: “it’s complicated-“

[@kebman]

Why, bardcore, my Liege.

[@JudgeJudith]

Super original

[@dachducoda]

JudgeJudy ikr😂

[@jcargentum]

"Alas, Tis complicated" -Timothy Pooleth

[@Sribgo]

Ugh

[@impishDullahan]

There is bardcore and there is Hildegard von Blingin'. The others simply can't compare.

[@Agrob88]

There really isn’t. They’re on an entirely different level. I’m here typing this while ads play and I’m so ready. Oh, here we go!

[@darkjedib4132]

Couldn’t agree more. Absolutely fantastic

[@thatsyncopation6530]

Algal the bard is very good, imo he can compare

[@MrxstGrssmnstMttckstPhlNelThot]

I dunno, there's a video of somebody doing House of the Rising Sun in Old French I'm seeing in the recommended videos, looks like it could certainly be something else entirely.

[@ich0halt1]

Hildegard is the Jolene of bardcore

[@endymallorn]

I hope Dolly gets to hear this someday.

[@noeller6217]

Ah, I doth recall the tale of Jolene. A fair lady, to be sure, but ‘twas well known that she was a little too fair of skin and too mean of spirit. I was not surprised when she was revealed to have cruelly ensorcelled kind Dolly’s husband, and certainly many other men of our village!

[@pelvis4165]

Oh the tale of fair Jolene, nay, rather the tale of Queen Jolene

[@madhatterman01]

I think she might be a witch. Someone fetch a scale and a duck.

[@Balloonoid]

@@madhatterman01 *shows up with a jewlers scale and a rubber chicken* I'm here for the witch trials!

[@903strikerunit]

@@Balloonoid a "duck" Lord Hefley... Have thou been sneaking into the wine cellars again?

[@claypigeon7063]

Our lady graces us wiþ a song!

[@warriorcatskid003]

Thorn gang

[@dootnoot6052]

@@warriorcatskid003 ððð Eth gang ððð

[@patrickhodson8715]

Yo did you type a thorn on mobile or copy pasta?

[@eliyahushvartz2167]

Patrick Hodson download Icelandic keyboard, major help

[@claypigeon7063]

@@patrickhodson8715 Copied from a Google Doc I was working on æt ðe time.

[@elizabethlehuta]

I always loved this song because it’s not about crushing the other woman. It’s not bitter so the love she has feels warmer.

[@bluecat3338]

You get it

[@JessE-pp5yp]

“ I would risk both life and limb To spend my only days with him” That’s straight fire

[@davisband3215]

I scrolled down the comments and read your comment just as she sang them exact lyrics... It sort of made my day... Thought you needed to know 🖒

[@JessE-pp5yp]

@@davisband3215 I'm so glad :)

[@TheKonnoisseur11]

“My happiness is at thy whim jolene!” Yes So good

[@odala8245]

@@davisband3215 me too!

[@rhorynotmylastname7781]

It's funny because that's how people in the middle ages talked

[@joyceli3512]

i love how the lyrics of this song are poetic enough to have been written in the medieval times already and barely need to be changed...we stan dolly parton

[@Hildegardvonblingin]

Exactly!! Especially that first verse. I barely felt the need to touch it.

[@edwardsimpson119]

You can't get more country than the old country!

[@Ahalaya]

Most of the changes were just jargon. Old school country had class.

[@Jamie-kk5fq]

This is really gonna confuse some historians in a couple thousand years.

[@MsElizaRae]

...You might be right 😂

[@MargoMB19]

Laughed at this comment way more than I should've!

[@tissuewarrior1]

Bold of you to assume we're still gonna exist a couple thousand years later.

[@dallasmanning8283]

There are examples of this kind of revival in history before this.

[@shroud9v]

And they would also try remake our modern songs in their way ; maybe beyond human's capabilities

[@dogman586]

Wow, this song REALLY has a medieval sound -- moreso than most bardcore.

[@danielsellers8707]

I think computer generated MIDI 'bardcore' tracks sound more like video game music...

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

It's sort of a folk song, and Dolly is from Appalachia, which has a strong tradition of folk music from the British Isles.

[@themunwardy4182]

This definitely would have been a banger back in the 1300s

[@likelydoing6512]

It was. I remember my aunt singing this.

[@Pikasatupu75]

@@likelydoing6512 Wait, how old are you?

[@banheesos]

@@Pikasatupu75 tis disrespectful to ask of thy years

[@Pikasatupu75]

@@banheesos sāriġ

[@jessibell3189]

T’was indeed

[@ericmiltner3604]

He screams about you in his sleep, And when he wakes does naught but weep, In terror of the one they call, Jolene. We cower here beneath your gaze, Which sets the earth and sky ablaze, Have mercy at the end of days, Jolene

[@CoffeeShopOracle]

Eldrich one Jolene covers were my favorite, before this

[@ImperialistRunningDo]

The foolish ones doth try to hide The wiser ones choose suicide To escape the fearsome coming of Jolene.

[@JessiTuck]

Shit, man. You scribble in a black book, don't you?

[@phlarrdboi]

Wow!

[@TheAnimewolfchick]

I'm up for a lovecraftian jolene!

[@brianyoung3324]

"beauty is beyond compare, with flaming locks of auburn hair, with ivory skin and eyes of emerald green" I like how they didn't change that line, since it already looks like something you'd read in a fantasy book.

[@tarab3708]

👍🏼👍🏼

[@zakai-kaz]

👍👍👍👍

[@beemillo4741]

Catherine of Aragon: Boleyn Boleyn Boleyn Boleeeeyn

[@ThaoNguyen-yb6xq]

You deserve more likes!!!!

[@mumtazamiri6409]

Agree ! Brilliant 😅

[@bakerteacher2905]

That was so funny!!!!

[@PaulG.x]

Very clever!

[@Rockumsockumrosey]

I laughed so hard I started to choke and cough 😂

[@jjvee7081]

I can imagine jolene being this witch temptress that calls like a siren and then the person has to sing this song to ward her off but if they’re too late they have to make a trade with jolene for their lover back.

[@nestorquezada652]

@netflix

[@shadowwolfcat13]

What if the singer is actually a priestess whose song is a spell that counters the siren's call to the men of the town?

[@playtoyx]

@@shadowwolfcat13 and it's a dnd campaign. Thanks

[@janellevergara4077]

Thy comment ne'er tang truer, mine friend.

[@pazicjr]

I thought this was a reference to swiper from dora the explorer. 😂

[@tom_something]

The vocalist hits those "ee" vowel sounds so beautifully. The overtones ring out like a bell.

[@divinitylitty2630]

Ikr

[@runareinert325]

Yes totally stunning. As a generic soprano it warms my heart we are in an era that appreciates high clear voices. It sure was different in the late 80s and early 90s

[@jackjamieson1120]

God bless your sweet comment Tom

[@breeholthus2423]

This made me think of Jolene being like a siren or fairy that makes men fall in love with them and spirits them away.

[@lautarosillero1645]

Can I borrow this for a dnd campaign with my friends?

[@Statuess]

Ah yes, and her masculine counterpart Cotton-eyed Joe. (Both 'Jo's. Coincidence? 🤔)

[@MickyBunrs]

I’m now making jolene a boss battle in dnd as a fairy that collects men

[@Kittymouth]

As Dolly intended. But due to the nature of the Fair Folk, she couldn't come right out and say it without being cursed.

[@HAngeli]

Indeed!

[@11carus]

"Although it is so plain to see how little he doth mean to thee, my love for him is boundless as the sea.." tears instantly spring to my eyes, these lyrics are astounding!!❤

[@mm-gz3hq]

Catherine of Aragon wrote this song about Anne Boleyn, but out of spite changed the features to describe her own. She made the name Jolene to dissolve Anne of compliments.

[@gabrieldelfronton2584]

Castillian skinny legend

[@soccerchamp0511]

Genius comment. I feel like someone should make a music video portraying this.

[@ernovincze2900]

So it originally went like "Boleyn, Boleyn, Boleyn, Boleyn, I beg of thee pray not take my lord"?

[@ll-rx3zk]

*THE ONE WITH THE PLAN, THE PLAN TO STEAL THE MAN!!*

[@tasbiha131]

@@soccerchamp0511 got ya

[@RachelOnAWhim]

I love how the description of Jolene’s beauty and allure in this version is virtually unchanged because Dolly wrote it as good as Shakespeare in the original song.

[@ellipszilonq]

Hildegard von Blingin' out there single-handedly saving 2020

[@brianwilliams3597]

LOL!!!

[@maximuffin6395]

*1520

[@vapeangel2953]

The only thing that can cheer me up in lockdown 😔

[@bloodfae]

Periodt

[@keirakim1687]

I: "Lo, Passeth the lute" They: "Thoust shan't play rubbish"

[@rngrtt3689]

I: "Pray, take note thee!"

[@Tomartyr]

I: Hark this, knave.

[@altahir9515]

that's really funny that's a funny thing to say

[@haleydif6120]

Hildegard: I hath descend'd from mine cloister Me: I hath join'd a cult of Bardcore

[@BirdMarcel98]

"I would risk both life and limb, to spend my only days with him." Daammn that's the stuff

[@Blayze]

When a vassal dislikes their liege's betrothed.

[@xoliag8524]

And then plots to kill 72 different children.

[@ladydominion8632]

Ryan Ferry Crusader Kings 2 beat

[@ankelaostheweird905]

Then seduce your liege. You become the Jolene.

[@littlegrifflett8598]

I love how the blonde girl in the picture is like “boi wtf”

[@marwan4358]

Lmao yeah 😂

[@Rainbow_Pirate]

"Your voice is soft like summer rain and I cannot compete" Singing the line with the voice of an angel..

[@icarus7198]

It’s amazing to learn how medieval songs like The Lament to Lady Jolene went on to inspire modern artists!

[@t.miranda176]

Ah yes, let’s not forget some other of her melodies such as IX to V, My beloved I have caught fire, and I will always love you my lord.

[@justineberlein5916]

Hast thou heard of Reno Erat Rudolphus? It's the Gregorian chant Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was based on

[@kittycat1302]

@@t.miranda176 “Islands Amidst the Current that Floweth” One of my favorites!

[@SirButtz]

@@t.miranda176Coat of Many Colours I think is a direct cover

[@spaghettiisyummy.3623]

Golden Guard?

[@grantn9328]

I say this in all honesty: this could be your job. People would gladly pay for more of this.

[@NuJ4X]

Grant, I agree with you completely. The mechanical license process is a nightmare though (legal authority to make covers and get paid) but I would be surprised if the owner of this channel is in talks with The Harry Fox Agency about these incredible covers (that’s where you get mechanical licenses)

[@renaissancenovice7202]

Certainly

[@Swnkmstr]

With 500k subs this very well may be their job lmao

[@MultiWolf777]

@@Swnkmstr depends on if they can monetize this at all

[@theswampus670]

i ask yet again, When does the album drop?

[@roberthipolito1351]

Whenst Lady Hildegard performs, I click ye Like button.

[@mikeymullins5305]

Not to be one of those people, but I feel the need to enlighten you that 'ye' is essentially 'you', rendering thy sentence nonsensical at best. Thanks and have a lovely day.

[@laraisokay]

Ash Donovan I find thou comment to be highly annoying, for I laughed mine ass off at this post.

[@oliverhogg8553]

Ash Donovan “ye” is “the” as the y is actually a thorn, a letter used to represent th that looks like a y with a line through it. “You” would be “thou” if you want to be a pedant

[@BodywiseMustard]

There are several forms of you. Thou is subject, thee is object

[@roberthipolito1351]

Aren't "thou" and "thee" kinda the same? But used in different instances like "thou are" (you are) and "to thee" (to you). At least that's my understanding, correct me if I'm wrong. As what Oliver said, I swear I've seen "ye" being used as "the". As an example I once saw: " Ye Olde Tavern", I took it to being "The Old Tavern". But again I'm no expert here; heck English ain't even my first language. :v

[@KevinRAAMAAAGE]

This is a testament to Dollys writing ability, this song is universal, to the point not much had to be changed for it to make sense in this style

[@groundchele]

ok whys this actually sound like a real medieval song tho

[@jacqueskibu]

Medieval instruments and the Dorian mode. And above all, a very skilled musician/composer.

[@carterroane1034]

A huge part of it is because Dolly was highly influenced by Appalachian Bluegrass from her youth which is actually a direct descendant of a lot of medieval European folk.

[@groundchele]

Carter Roane interesting!

[@davew4998]

Because any tune can be played in any style. Beethoven's tunes are quite simple. It's what he does with them that makes the difference.

[@deaglefox4365]

It isnt?

[@palmerthompson9571]

Parents: what music genre do you like? Me: it's complicated...

[@TheCr72498]

Do you ever ask yourself how you got here cause I do and I’m lowkey not complaining 😂

[@neevada3822]

Trust me... my parents know

[@creation1233]

Bardcore.

[@dysmissme7343]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Ginjitzu]

Me: I'm into Barcode and Mongolian Throat Metal. And I'm not even being ironic, I'm genuinely feeling these two genres right now. Edit: took me ten hours to realise I misspelled bardcore as barcode, although I do sometimes find myself tapping my foot at the supermarket checkout. Maybe I'm on to something here...

[@ClkwrkDragonfly]

I had just about given up on the whole "bardcore" thing despite really wanting to like it. So many poorly done MIDI-synths approximating period instruments but played overly similar to the original songs with no lyrical changes. I was just about over it. Then your videos started showing up and blew almost everything else out of the water. I'm completely hooked.

[@delirmaryland]

PERIODTTT

[@Handinmapocket]

I feel you, only ones i've found that realy put some effort in are Hildegard here and Cornelius Link who actually use real instruments instead of midi plug-ins. There are the odd instrument player yt channels, but they often only do 1 or 2 videos in this style. Though well executed, it seems like they won't treat it as more than just a trend.

[@janethebluemouse]

I first figured out about this new theme through this channel. Over the past couple of weeks i have been seeing more and more pop up. But they were not as good as Hildegrad. Which is sad because this is a very interesting time for this. I think people are just treating it like they did nightcore (hence the new name bardcore) just take a MIDI change the sound a little bit and boom! A new youtube video.

[@random_midis]

when vaporwave came out youtube was flooded with songs that were just pitch-shifted slightly and often poorly, hardly any of it sounded good, though overtime even that improved abit. seeing poorly made midi's flooding youtube is just a starting point for this genre.

[@chingizzhylkybayev8575]

@@Handinmapocket videos by stantough are pretty good, too

[@justdeadnow1404]

Lady Jolene stole every lord who would show the slightest interest towards dolores. All that were there to witness summarized it must be acts of sheer jealousy. Little did they know, Jolene wanted dolores all to herself

[@deedevon7468]

Jolene stealing guys for centuries now. Time to do something about this girl. Ps. BEAUTIFUL SONG!

[@luxordtimet]

Verily, she is an enchantress

[@geraldinegregory.1803]

I was that girl. I didn't take her man. I am now old and (nearly) grey. And still grieving for that lost love.

[@mme.veronica735]

I mean we literally have a girl singing about the beauty of Jolene. So I think it's clear, court Jolene

[@reynhacoezy5510]

Yes . FIND HER A MAN THAT DO NOT DIVORCE ?! LIKE

[@MCOmegaX123]

This song proves that Jolene is exactly the eldritch monstrosity this post (www.reddit.com/r/tumblr/comments/9cvd04/jolene_the_one_who_has_been_foretold/) paints her as.

[@MrTeacherDO]

Jolene is one of those witches that can avoid being stoned with her witchcraftery earning her the nickname: *Stone Free*

[@aurea.]

👏

[@erischama1922]

Sire I concludeth from thy comment and picture thee art a man of culture

[@RaccoonGrrrl]

The Priest who ordered for Jolene to be stoned learnt the news. After that he bestowed "Miracle" upon many dungeon inmates by inserting strange halo into there heads then order them to hunt down this *Stone Free* witch.

[@crios8307]

May the Lord Dio of Heavens protect us from the Joestars sabbath.

[@Devilcakes]

That's a real bruh moment

[@heck1286]

Can we talk about how gorgeous her voice is tho

[@stephaniecarrow4898]

Yes!

[@runareinert325]

Indeed crystal bright tone

[@GippyHappy]

We can and we should

[@Mir_Aakib]

I fear not, Jolene might be offended.

[@futuristica1710]

Ok, start talking.

[@stevegreen2432]

Very well done. Amazing that the same song , with hardly any change, can cover so many years.

[@austinhall3937]

Can you do "Mine dairy bringeth all the squires to the meadow"

[@effiebug4278]

Bwahahaha!

[@Ojo10]

Mine diary doth lure all the lords to the court.

[@christianmoralesortiz4688]

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTT LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL ROFLAO YOU EARNED YOURSELF POINTS FOR THAT!!!!!!!XD

[@francisbengua5458]

Dang took me some seconds before getting it. You a genius man :))

[@lilianrose715]

This took me smooth tf out

[@hospitalgal101]

I can't believe all the descriptions of Jolene didn't need changed. Parton is timeless. This was astounding.

[@Rgs354]

'Tis but a jest til thine lord's eye doth start to roam 🙄

[@theposhdinosaur7276]

Something I like a lot about this adaption from a meta perspective, is that there was a particular theme in love poems of the medieval period. Authors would often write poems to women they could never hope to court and who did not return their affection, this unrequited love was often the point. So a song from the perspective of the guy's actual wife, is a funny concept.

[@bleepbloop5251]

I absolutely love that "bardcore" is now a thing. I can die happily now.

[@timothyochoa1841]

I mean, why not? The plague is back

[@aiylavayu9572]

@Timothy Ochoa revolution and global battle as well , a sweet time indeed.

[@Meatwad0]

Times has't hath changed

[@oldmothergooseV2.0]

Amen 🙏🏻

[@RatoLixoo]

Closed my eyes while listening to this, when i opened them i was on a cart with my hand tied. A strange man asked me if i had attempted to cross the border. Would not recommend

[@tknows470]

RatoLixoo ` underrated comment 😂

[@rainzzmusic6809]

😆😆😆

[@silverIining]

Hey you, you're finally awake.

[@caroloonfloon]

@@silverIining This is what I was thinking, too. Lmaoooo.

[@ricbon9581]

Lmao.

[@sweetlemonadartanimations369]

I have been listening to these songs for the past hour and came up with this story for the following songs on this channel (as of when this comment was written). Bad romance, Somebody that I used to know, Jolene, and Summertime Sadness. Part 3: Jolene The common girl didn’t know how to feel. On one hand, her prince gave her a cold look of unknowing which she could not remove from her head. But on the other, she still loved him. It was a poison that hurt to swallow but couldn’t be put down. It were as though to take him away from her was to take away a part of her. A part she couldn’t live without. She hated to feel this way. But the longing continued. And it was eating her up. When news spread that the king had died, the common girl’s immediate impulse was to write to her prince. But before she could touch the parchment with the tip of her quill, she stopped. She didn’t know if she should even be writing to him. So she made a decision. Taking a deep breath, she wrote a simple question: *Are you going to be ok? * It wasn’t heartfelt, yes, and it definitely wasn’t poetic, but she wanted the prince to know that she truly DID care for him, from the depths of her heart, no matter whatever she did to make him feel any less of that. So she watched as her trusted pigeon flew away, once more, and disappeared into the distance, innocently unaware that her letter would never be read, but burned in a fire. Unopened. Months flew by. Days and weeks melted together. The common girl hoped and waited, as she always did, watching the distant castle. Hoping to see the speck of a distant bird, a horse carrying a familiar rider, a simple messenger perhaps. But none came for her. She had just began to daydream of the times she’d spent with her prince when movement caught her eye. A horse pulling a carriage, surrounded by guards. Two figures, one of them oddly familiar, inside of it. Of course! It was him! Her prince! Without a second thought, she ran down the street, along with many other village folk, and craned her neck to see him. Only once did she recall his look of resentment the last time they lay eyes on each other. But no! She wouldn’t think of it. She refused to. But what she saw instead, was worse. Way worse than the face she refused to remember. The new king had met Jolene just the other week. An arranged marriage planned by his father and a distant friend, before falling ill. After the his father’s death, the new king refused to think of the arrangements, fallen so deeply into guilt and grief. But that had been months ago. The letters came in, few at first but grew in amount over time, from his father’s friend, about how the king would have wanted his son to have a wife he so carefully chose for him. How not doing so would only be bringing shame upon himself (as though the new king hadn’t felt shameful already). So the new king finally caved. Jolene was a suitable woman. She had good humor, wasn’t someone to mess with, and knew horses as though they were a second nature, but she wasn’t… she would never be… no! The new king scolded himself anytime he thought of the common girl, any time he longed for her company instead of Jolene’s. So when Jolene proposed to him that he should announce their engagement to the nearby village, he tried to think up of any reason why they shouldn’t without giving himself away. But Jolene was persistent, and so, as he always did, he caved in. When the common girl watched as her prince, her stunning, handsome prince, walked down from the carriage, holding the hand of another woman, a wealthy, beautiful woman, she took a step back. No better words could describe how she felt at that moment other than jealousy, anger, and heartbreak. Finally she broke away from the crowd, but not without hearing the new king’s voice eco throughout the streets. He announced that he, her prince, her KING, was engaged to the woman she so desperately despised upon first glance. Her name was Jolene. And they would be wedded at sunset on the full moon. Just 3 weeks away. How the common girl wept that night. Her tears burning her skin like liquid fire, her sobs shaking her like a violent storm. How stubborn she was, she thought, how STUPID she was! To ever think a simple common girl could be with a prince? A king? She didn’t sleep at all that night, between the sobs, the scolding, and the reality of her world crashing into her. But as she watched as light filled her bedroom through the small window she once childishly watched the castle from, she came to a conclusion. She WOULD get one last kiss from her king. Even if it’s the last thing she does. Part four (the last part) will be released soon (hopefully) in the comment section of Summertime Sadness

[@dianeaishamonday9125]

Imma look for it now!

[@imnottellingyoumyname411]

Don't be shy, give us part 4

[@eimearkeaveney1192]

“thy voice is soft like summer rain” that line is so pretty-

[@christianjensen7699]

It is virtually the same lyric as the original except for “thy”

[@TheLithp]

@@christianjensen7699 It definitely amuses me that the compliments were largely unchanged.

[@christianjensen7699]

@@TheLithp it's just a great song, and it has the "all along the watchtower" trait of being highly interpretable to different styles. There is a live White Stripes version floating around that is freaking awesome. They did it live a few times, but one of them is the holy grail of Jolene to me.

[@nunyerbidness6417]

I imagine Dolly watching this right now witb a big smile.

[@FountainPenNews]

@Remy Buxaplenty What?? Dolly Parton liveth!!

[@XantroyX]

Yeah... A couple of big ol'... Oh wait. You said "smile". Never mind.

[@a-s-greig]

I will always love her contributions to the world of music.

[@gretchenmagill8896]

Can she even smile?

[@Dahras1]

I'd really love if you did a cover of the House of the Rising Sun sometime. The song actually has it's origins in the broadside ballads of the 16th century and I think it would be so amazing hearing it come full circle back to the tradition of medieval minstrelry.

[@trinity6302]

There is good one in KZbin!

[@Dahras1]

@@trinity6302 I know! It's instrumental though. Itd be really cool to have a vocal version.

[@biancabrooks280]

Someone just did a version with lyrics, BUT it is in olde French, not English. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6ekdoCwa5mCb8U

[@UpashaSharma_always_learning]

Can’t believe I only just discovered Bardcore and I’m in deep now 😅. Love this channel!❤

[@nostradoomus]

The beginning sounds almost like war drums, like the singer is leading an army against Jolene; I LOVE it. I'd love to see Duran Duran's Hungry like the wolf in this style too :O

[@suearmstrong2715]

Save A Prayer would work well, too, I think.

[@BladeFitAcademy]

Oh, yes! Hungry like the Wolf! A warewolve's tale!

[@marasherman5888]

Honestly I think the real Hildegard von Bingen would be so proud.

[@Hildegardvonblingin]

She is my senpai.

[@maybemc1498]

Hildegard von Blingin' she would like your Hildegard von Singin'

[@cronus7500]

If you think about it... Jolene is the modern day Green Sleeves...

[@Amanda-fh5mp]

Saw a combo of two of my favorite things- Jolene and Hildegard von Blingin’ and I’ve never tapped a notification so fast in my life. Thanks for making this wonderful music. :)

[@Hildegardvonblingin]

Thank you!

[@Amanda-fh5mp]

Hildegard von Blingin' ❤️😄

[@IshayuG]

Ok, with this song Hildegaard proved she can’t just sing, she can really sing. Properly. High notes as well, cleanly. Incredible. Good job!

[@harrietbushnell8698]

I disagree with you slightly there. While she sings beautifully, this isn’t a very technically demanding song to sing. So I don’t feel it is proof that she can, as you say, “really sing”. Still lovely though.

[@higginsisaac]

harriet bushnell no one values your pedantry

[@punkuke]

@@higginsisaac I value it.

[@bastiaangoudkamp3644]

She did that with creep the most I think

[@IshayuG]

@@harrietbushnell8698 About 1:25 to 1:45 is quite technically demanding. You need to be able to hit some very high notes clearly to sing that. And she does. For the rest of the song you're pretty much correct.

[@CthulhuTheAbominable]

PLEASE PLEASE make "Never Gonna Give You Up" for sake of the Rickrolling of old

[@memo-fq3ps]

Yes. Then I can rickroll everyone at the next renaissance festival (even though this is technically medieval).

[@tsovloj6510]

It's been done kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5iunniCoMyfnpo

[@billcipher1756]

@@tsovloj6510 yes, but *not with vocals!!* thou'th no stranger of love

[@saintpata]

We have been rolled by Richard

[@Noidonteatbabiesstopasking]

Yes I have to agree here

[@one0nine]

Sometimes a cover takes on a life of it's own, and can even transcend the original. This is one of those vanishingly rare examples. It's positively exquisite.

[@kitdubhran2968]

Toxic, by Britney Spears. Because it is a Traditional Earth Ballad.

[@NiennaFan1]

I GET THAT REFERENCE RTD ERA

[@thanatoast]

My love, can't thou see I'm calling One lord such as thee Should bear a warning T'is dangerous I'm falling

[@shamoonsaqib]

Thine toxic arms reaching beneath...

[@ironheart1923]

Just accuse her of witchcraft. If she has red hair she'll be gone in the next night

[@aryablack6543]

I love this

[@theprojectproject01]

Certes, no more than a sennight.

[@mads855]

🤣🤣

[@misslyntheena]

Only in Germany though, red hair was not widely seen as a sign of witchcraft.

[@5hadow5talker]

I mean it's "auburn hair" so...

[@serenablue9844]

I came as a joke but wtf this is actually good

[@TheSkulleh]

I bet you say that to all the ladies :)

[@sorin990]

a joke ??????? By the Pope ! BLASPHEMY !!!!

[@persilbran]

same for me too

[@innerbladder]

Bruh

[@adeeperhealing8523]

This has got to be the best bardcore/medieval cover I’ve heard.

[@broomhag]

I just found this page. All I can say is WOW! Amazing. I don't know what is better-- your voice, the music, or your wording. I must listen to more! Thank you

[@Hildegardvonblingin]

Thank you so much, that’s really sweet of you. ♥️

[@rangerecho]

last time I clicked so fast it was a different plage P.S.: I Need a Hero should be next, even the theme fits!

[@taste_is_sweet]

YES! YES! PLEASE!

[@briank5357]

I am in need of a savior

[@aisadal2521]

Yes!!!

[@recon441]

I'm holding out 👀

[@billc.2627]

After another long, futile day being a serf, there's nothing like kicking back a mead and hearing the bar wench sing to me Jolene. "Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene I beg of thee, pray take not my lord Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene."

[@lordofshades9852]

Of course with the lads

[@thatellipsisguy8984]

Because, yeah, mead was chilled...

[@Chrono_Mitsurugi]

@@thatellipsisguy8984 actually, there are many ways to chill drinks known to older times. roots cellars for example. chilled mead is very likely. now, the question on if you WANT your mead chilled. thats a whole different topic.

[@oliviawolcott8351]

this is so good, and its interesting in that Jolene is a country song, which has its roots in traditional irish and english folk music soo I love that this is full circle.

[@ts4686]

Country music has deep roots in blues and other African American music. A massive piece of heritage which many do not want to acknowledge.

[@derrickmeade4891]

@@ts4686 why would people not want to admit that? And it only came from blues, cowboy western music and folk music

[@jaysun2402]

@@ts4686 because it's not true. Country music came from irish and english traditional music.

[@derrickmeade4891]

@@ts4686 actually to be more specific the only thing blues about it is rhythm. Everything else was folk and western influence. Well other than maybe the banjo

[@ts4686]

@@derrickmeade4891 youre very far off, and a perfect example of the denialism I wrote of. Also, the only thing is the rhythm....as if that's just an insignificant tiny detail 🤦‍♂️

[@pogimax]

That first stanza opening barely needed any changing of words to match medieval-style lyrics. Dolly Parton doesn't get lauded enough for her songwriting.

[@ollied397]

When she posts I feel the most joy I have felt all quarantine

[@ishathakor]

these are slowly transforming me into a medieval serving girl at a feast

[@EmpressEmbeth]

Okay so with it sounding like this, anyone else picturing Jolene as a high court fae who's bespelled this woman's husband? I want to write this now.

[@elektra121]

More like, bespelled this woman - who, in her heteronormative human world, doesn't quite grasp this passionate burning feeling for a beautiful lady is NOT jealousy. ;) I'd read fanfiction about it anytime.

[@rattatattattattat2027]

Oooh yeh

[@60foru12]

Do it and post/send me that link lol

[@sue_m]

Following. For the fae, of course. Not the gay. ;-)

[@tcpnna2812]

Following for both the fae and the GAY! ♡

[@sjenkins91812]

This rendition is reminiscent of a hauntingly beautiful sadness.

[@silvipeppers]

"My happiness is at thy whim" sent my wig flying across the room, WOW WHAT A LINE

[@fuckitweballin759]

It is rumored that Dolores Of Parton wished to be roommates with Jolene.

[@dorkmax7073]

@AND ANDREY ISN'T HERE its an older meme, sir, but it checks out

[@neonpinkqueen1403]

I'm sure they would be the best of friends 😍

[@strugglingcollegestudent]

@AND ANDREY ISN'T HERE they were such great friends

[@gallaghxxr3373]

@AND ANDREY ISN'T HERE 😂 THANK YOU

[@NiennaFan1]

omfg

[@LizzRobinett]

THIS IS A MASTERPIECE

[@FlairsFromHell]

OMG LIZZ! You saw this too! XD I'm living for the bardcore stuff lately!

[@aman5428]

Found the red haired Jolene!!

[@Hildegardvonblingin]

Thank you so much!

[@lovinginvention]

the way you sing “joLEEEeeEHeeen” in the last few choruses could literally make an angel cry omg omg

[@nicolasericson4207]

a brilliant and moving version - really brings out the story

[@wrongspotted]

There’s that rewritten version online somewhere, where Jolene is a eldritch being, that would be awesome in this style in a minor key...

[@SeymoreSparda]

Da heck? This is the first time I've ever heard of this, & I looooveee Cosmic Horror/Lovecraftian shit! Also, aside from the minor key transposition, it's also wise to take inspiration from Bloodborne music (Tsukasa Saitoh, Yuka Kitamura, Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Ryan Amon, Cris Velasco and Michael Wandmacher) whilst making the Bardcore cover (Yeah, I know that it's relatively modern. That's why I wrote "inspiration")

[@bobymanna8468]

Good stranger, link please.

[@NellaCuriosity]

@@bobymanna8468 ​ @Izwan Fahmi ​www.tumblr.com/search/eldritch%20jolene

[@SirWafty]

@@NellaCuriosity Thanks kind stranger

[@Ahonya666]

@@NellaCuriosity So beautiful