When the Swallows homeward fly sung

[@aydinmakesthings]

Such a nice song I hope it doesn't play in a series of a teen dying in a mall buried underground while being chased by giant art creations.

[@Dragon359]

Oh man, things would REALLY get wild if they did.

[@godzillaxultraman]

The teen is still alive, he may have accidentally time traveled or fell into another world

[@harryspcopaie]

@@godzillaxultraman The rolling giant killed the teen to possess his body, the black and white image of the old man with the beard displayed in the film, is the man possessing the giant and wanted the teens body to possess (just a theory)

[@thetruthstrangerthanfictio954]

Be careful, you don't want to noclip out of reality.

[@KunkyBoy]

@@harryspcopaie idk about that bro

[@literally_alec]

WE'RE MAKING IT OUT THE MALL WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣

[@jarjar-lterwhite9371]

We’re making it out of the oldest view with this one!!🔥🔥🔥

[@guestyunderscore015]

I can agree

[@DlRGE_]

i found this video through the oldest view, like many others, but i just HAD to stop in here and say what a lovely voice alan has! it's very calming. something about this song has wormed its way into my brain, and i find myself humming it quite often.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Thank you.

[@Waffles4903]

Let's be real, Kane Pixels brought us all here.

[@Destrobruh]

yeah

[@somedude1742]

no

[@generalsheperd5864]

​@@somedude1742 cap

[@kingzeus9532]

yes

[@ahabicher]

who?

[@thetruefeatherqueen]

So like ignoring that we all found this from kane, Im so so SO into this after reading the channel description!!!! You're literally preserving history in the coolest way possible!!! This rocks I'm definitely subscribing and listening to more history! 💙💙💙

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Thank you thetruefeatherqueen.

[@Devilot109]

I actually found this and Kane's series from a video trying to explain Kane's series. But yeah, this is very interesting!

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

@@Devilot109 Thank you Devilot109

[@WailFin]

Found this from the Kane Pixels video.

[@Breadcrab_archive]

At 0.75 speed

[@cat_supernova2242]

Same. a guy in the comments told me what the song was.

[@nathanstafford8412]

Same here

[@Kffofi]

same lol

[@GammaZed.]

Took me AGES to find this song, trying to understand the lyrics finally led me here.

[@SCP-1715.]

Love this guy's guys voice reminds me of when my grandfather would sing to me when I was younger

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Thanks, yeah, I'm not exactly in my prime anymore!

[@thegatekeeper1374]

​@@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras did you know that your cover of this song was used in "The Oldest View"?

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

@@thegatekeeper1374 Thanks. It is great to see Kane continue with his creativity.

[@dennisthedarklord9856]

Such a beautiful song, it made me choke up and weep as I was remembering all the sadness that happened over the course of this year and given I'm the kind of person that bottles up all my grief, it felt very cathartic to let The sorrow flee as the tears flow. 11/10 such a beautiful experience. Parting, oh parting *was* grief and pain.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

I too have found music to be cathartic when going thought trials and tribulations. All the best Dennis.

[@NBranch96]

I feel this, this made me think of my life in the past few years. I’m the same way.

[@at0micwerew0lf]

🍺⚡🍺 see you in the shadows, Dennis

[@FeeZmar]

WE’RE MAKING IT INTO A LARGE STAIRCASE LEADING TO A MALL WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@grubskies4221]

We aren't making it out of valleyview mall with this one 🔥🔥

[@AnonymousExtirpativeWords]

Such an enchanting voice

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Thank you!

[@smolpp420]

This song talks about the tragedy of loss against the continuing beauty of nature and Kane's videos only shows humans in greyscale so I think the artist attempted to sculpt someone he lost into something of nature to end his suffering by making it everlasting and beautiful. Something human was laying in the field with the artist as he picked flowers (look for greyscale at 25 seconds. Looks like flowers but could be hair). You also see a greyscale mask looking back at the body at the end of part 3, making me think the same human in the field is now the giant. This person may have been dead or alive as the sculpture was created because sometimes you lose people who are still alive (a big fight, simply growing apart, etc.) but I think the artist did something unnatural and twisted to this person to stop his suffering temporarily (last verse says WAS grief and pain) which ironically twisted into an eternal embodiment the grief and pain the artist was so desperately trying to escape. Now this thing grows with nature and consumes everyone around it using fragments of its memory. The hole is how deep you have to go down into to find whats left of its humanity, and it'll keep getting deeper and more currupted as time passes. PS: Not claiming to be correct, just love this song listened to it over and over on repeat as my mind wondered. Thanks to both of you wonderful artists!

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Beautiful description and interpretation @smolpp420

[@guestyunderscore015]

TOV1 could've been related to Wyatt's death too if you think about it since Wyatt fell into that forest at the end of TOV3.

[@thetruthstrangerthanfictio954]

I feel like the song is less about literal swallows flying away for winter and more about the death of the narrator's lover, and the hope of seeing her again in the afterlife. The swallows leaving and the coming of winter seems to be a metaphor for death as evidenced by the grief mentioned. Roses are often a symbol of a woman and their petals falling a symbol of their death.

[@mr.magicmumbles4039]

Yes, it would happen to be that I was brought here because of The Rolling Giant, but I actually appreciate the older music of the past. The Caretaker's "Burning Memory" rendition of Al Bowlly's early 1900s "Heartaches" allowed me to find that song, and I still listen to it this day. I appreciate music with dignified meaning, which is sorrowfully lacking in today's algorithms. Finding this song will allow me to scour the rest of your renditions for songs I appreciate, which is simply fantastic. Yes I was brought here by modernity, but I shall leave with special pieces of the past.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Thank you Mr Magic Mumbles. I hope you find a lot of songs on my channel to your liking. As you say, the old songs are deep and meaningful, as well as being very listenable.

[@mr.magicmumbles4039]

@@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras Indeed. If you have any other somber pieces you may recommend, I would be pleased to listen to them. Thank you kindly.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

@@mr.magicmumbles4039 Why did they dig ma's grave so deep?

[@Benli003]

Before hearing this song I fear of the Giant, but now I really feel sad to it. Such a peaceful but heart breaking music, fulfilling the last puzzel of the creation.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Thank you Benli003

[@NewtzT-V]

This song is Giant! 😃

[@MatchaTheVibeking]

Slow the video down to 0.75 speed to make it closer to how it sounds in the Renewal video

[@Marcus-nn6js]

Oh my god

[@clownpaint20]

Play this at my funeral

[@sophialillian8508]

Okay

[@Sepdmor]

I've only listened to this song in german version (Wenn die Schwalben heimwärts ziehn) I've never listened to English version of this song before and oh your voice is so sweet sir.. I really like the part where you sing "parting, oh parting, was grief and pain" (Scheiden, ach scheiden tut weh!) I'm so glad I found this video, immediate subscribe to your channel.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Thank you yuumeann.

[@tacotwinsgaming9373]

This is a great song and you sing well. The lyrics tell a nice story and its nice to see it preserved.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Thank you!

[@tacotwinsgaming9373]

⁠@@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras You’re welcome

[@Kpracn0va]

When I heard the first few notes in the new Kane Pixels vid, I genuinely thought he put “Erika” 😅

[@ember.mp3]

a true valley view banger

[@davidfeltheim2501]

Beautiful folk song! Man wouldn't it be crazy if this song was used to represent the Dallas arts community and the legacy of French botanist Julien Reverchon? Definitely no eerie liminal spaces lost to time or giant puppets.

[@BlueCrab-rr9gw]

The song its's so calming it Justs take stress out of my life. It for me seems to take me back to my child hood for Some reason.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

You're welcome!

[@FiveNightsAtEriks2]

When the swallows homeward fly And the rose's bloom is o'er, And the nightingale's sweet song In the woods is heard no more, Then I think with bitter pain, Shall we ever meet again? When the swans fly towards the south Where the golden lemons grow, And the sun sinks in the west, And the hills are all aglow! Then my heart goes out to you, And forgetting all the pain, Hope once more within me whispers "You will surely meet again". -Unidentified Author Edit: This song literally fits / has a lot in common with what I'm going through today.

[@at0micwerew0lf]

This is absolutely brilliant, utterly crushing and sad but gorgeous still. Listening to this we feel what the writer felt all those years and lifetimes ago. And still the same moon and stars peer down at us when we feel that pain at night ourselves.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Well said. Human emotions basically haven't changed, despite all the new contraptions and conveniences that we now enjoy. Cheers.

[@AndyHappyGuy]

What do you think of this massive influx of viewers coming from Kane Pixels' short films? This video has thousands more views than what you usually get.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Hi AndyHappyGuy. I am quite impressed with the boost that has occurred, because my expectations were for a rather gradual increase in both views and subscriptions over a very long period of time (years). It gives me incentive to continue with the project. My assumption was that only older folks would be interested in these old songs, and they tend to be rather wary of things modern like computers. And the word "subscription" to them comes along with subscription to a costly magazine that has to be paid for on a regular basis. So I can thank Kane for his efforts. PS. I like the way he has presented my rendition of the song too.

[@Dalekscientist]

​@@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneErasI have enjoyed your content since I found your channel through Kane! I've saved some of the songs into my playlists! Keep up the good work!

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

@@Dalekscientist Thanks

[@bmkbbk123]

@@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneErasthanks to Caretaker and his amazing works like Everything at the end of time has brought a huge surge of young people listening to music like this. personally i still listen to some of the normal sounding songs off that album because i love the feeling you get from older music. it’s much simpler than music nowadays, while still being complex written pieces.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

@@bmkbbk123 It is good to see people listening to a wide range of music. My parents used to say that the old music was the best. My peers often make the same comment referring to music they listened to in their youth. But the reality is that there has been "best" good music going on for centuries and is still occurring!

[@ColdsawOps]

This sung really gets me with all types of emotions such a great sung. Keep it up:)

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Thank you Circuit Works.

[@Messier74]

guitar version plz 🙏🏻

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

You should be able to find it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6emo5eNm5uhj68

[@Slipperyslab]

The Oldest View

[@orangecryptid7732]

This is very nice indeed.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Thank you

[@coldsteelthehedgehog2101]

amazing singing and guitar! your performance of this piece reminds me of my great grandparents, a nice almost nostalgic feel

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Thanks, it is a very beautiful song. But I must admit that there is a lot of editing that goes into the production!

[@y35S]

We going in the abandoned mall with this one 💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥

[@Matrix77776]

this song is just calming

[@MarleyDavidson69]

We escaping the rolling giant with this one🗣️🔥

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Scary huh?

[@a-indefinite6804]

It’s been raining non-stop for the last two weeks, why won’t it stop?

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

The wet season is underway.

[@Maggozonk]

A lot people are here from the oldest view, yes, but either way, your voice is amazing and your vision for this channel is the same. Keep up the good work, you soft spoken bastard.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Thank you. Much appreciated.

[@ashtonvickery4306]

Wyatt making it out the mall with this one!! 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@Refridgerator_Dweller]

we making it out of the underground texas mall with this one 🔥🔥🔥

[@CrankyB1tsch]

this would be creepy even without kane pixels

[@nathanstafford8412]

This video was released 2 years ago with absolutely no comments, then Kane uploads with this song in a video, and now there are some comments. Wow.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Thanks Nathan.

[@hvhgdfgyffghhgd4663]

Thanks, Nathan.

[@gamer_dev1238]

Thanks, Nathan.

[@_Killkor]

Thanks Nathan.

[@KonesKones]

Thanks Nathan.

[@PurFreeman]

Julien returned in the form of a sculpture...

[@boneitch]

The perfect song to get chased by a Moist Critical statue on a segway with a constant "ope, scuse me" stance, while lost in a mall several kilometers underground ❤😌

[@cat_supernova2242]

here is the lyrics for anyone who's asking for them: Verse 1: when the swallows homeward fly, when the summer days are gone, when the roses fade and die, and no more is heard the song Of the nightingale so sweet then my sad heart doth repeat Ah shall we ne'er meet again, Parting, Oh parting, is grief and pain, Parting, Oh parting, is grief and pain. Verse 2: When the swallows wing their flight far away o'er land or sea and the winter's dark'ning night Throws its shade o'er you and me then my sight heart oft repines, for those brighter, happier times Oh! to see them once again parting, oh parting is grief and pain, parting, oh parting is grief and pain, Verse 3: weep no more thou troubled heart heart, soon a brighter morn shall rise And the winter's gloom depart, Hast'ning fair and sunnier skies, then will sorrow flee away And the nightingale's soft lay, Come to cheer my heart again parting, oh parting was grief and pain, parting, oh parting was grief and pain, The End.

[@CuboydMC]

theyre literally in the video

[@rdouellet]

@@CuboydMCno they’re not, they just told us the lyrics

[@CuboydMC]

@@rdouellet bro... can you read?

[@rdouellet]

@@CuboydMC Yes

[@CuboydMC]

@icemanbro6551 i highly doubt that. the video contains the lyrics. they commented the lyrics, which was unnecessary. what is there not to understand?

[@whatstheplanbro]

I love this song

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Thank you

[@meemow1344]

What if the Oldest View is just someone crossing the bridge to the afterlife in the form of a nostalgic place? (the mall) 🤔

[@Techdave23]

okay... okay... i heard a song familiar from when i was younger... this song... reminds me of it... it brings a tear to my eye!

[@dirtminer180]

THE OLDEST VIEW

[@jerryrocketandthegogogirls3517]

Make sure to set to 0.50 speed

[@somedude1742]

very nice song

[@Davesand2003]

The giants are restless and rolling about

[@Crypticgamerpro]

Heard this in a Kane pixels video!

[@harryspcopaie]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3W8gHpnh9p9atk

[@trayfr]

put it at 0.75 for best experience

[@AMentalFailure]

Kane Pixels aside, I think everyone has a few swallows who have homeward flown.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Thank you, and of course thank you to Kane Pixels too.

[@BendosDoesStuff]

POV: You make a statue of a famous person back in the day and it comes to life:

[@blackbox_kt]

Certified Kane Pixels classic

[@altedhmarsperez4231]

I like this Song, Btw Kane Pixels Led me (I know) And I found the Song by a Theory video

[@AnnaMartínez-q6g]

Hi Alan, is there any way to contact with you?

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

You can find my email address near the bottom of the following web page under Contact: www.songsofbygoneeras.com/

[@NotoriousC7E]

The song you think you've heard before.

[@nivektheprotogen9050]

If all the pixels fans sub than this guy can actually be recognized by KZbin

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Thanks!

[@Aurora-CA]

Melody: Happy, bright, similar to Happy Birthday in some ways Lyrics: edgy as hell, as always.

[@Raydoooooooo]

This song makes me want create a giant puppet of Julien Reverchon.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Cool

[@seawolf00x68]

amazing! this is one of the oldest songs available!

[@Mark.OnEarth]

one of the oldest views I have ever heard!

[@seawolf00x68]

ah yes, i have seen what you did there!@@Mark.OnEarth

[@shaunl446]

This haunts me. thanks me Kane

[@-bugbite]

Have you seen the video kane pixels made with this song in it?

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

No, I have been rather busy with my project. Maybe I should have a look!

[@Aerial_Imaging]

@@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras Indeed you should

[@NeverGonnaG]

He really should.

[@noturdad26]

Ok hear me out ppl...... Playing this at the end of the world

[@rossjl]

He's not out, is he!?!!!

[@MooseKnuckle66]

Wendigoon brought me here.

[@TribalIsland]

quick question are these songs royalty free?

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Hi Triballsland. This is my retirement project. Others do things like read, go on cruises, woodcraft, paint, etc. or even flop down in front of a TV for many hours a day. The songs that I post are in public domain, and my source music (sheet music) has been collected from op shops and second hand bookshops. Hence I have no rights to the original song or the melodies. Most of the books and sheets I have were printed well over 100 years ago. Weirdly KZbin advises me of copyright claims by some individuals on a few of the songs. I guess they have some means of registering their version, which has the same melody but newly created words. A process of evergreening. (I have generally don't post these songs). I guess I have a right to my version of the song. If you want to use any of the songs I have posted then it would be appreciated if you could acknowledge the source of the music you are using such as a link to the song. (Just like Kane Pixels has done.) Thanks for asking. Early in my project I discovered that someone had used one of my songs promoting software that constructs chords for the music, without a request, so I appreciate that you have made a request.

[@Marcus-nn6js]

Okay, we all know why we're here.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Thank you for coming!

[@Marcus-nn6js]

@@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras You're welcome!

[@somedude1742]

we’re here for a good, catchy song, nothing else

[@Marcus-nn6js]

@@somedude1742 Totally not for a certain internet series about a teen being trapped in a mall with a metaphor of the Tower of Babbel.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

@@somedude1742 Thank you.

[@manu-liberikdery4451]

I keep hearing this song in the mall i found but oh no ITS BACK I NEED TO RUN IT CANT GO ON STAIRS ITS ON WHEELS

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Sounds like a recurring nightmare.

[@A.dude.you.know.]

@@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras If you haven't, you should go check out kane pixel's oldest view. It goes from renewal-Life of a giant. Also it is fully fake. No props or anything.

[@midnightmosesuk]

Who's Kane Pixels?

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

A KZbinr of renown! kzbin.info

[@bbldrizzy7375]

play this in 0.75x

[@rdouellet]

banger 🔥🔥

[@bad_behavior14YT]

Found this from Kane Pixels! Who else did?

[@audiobotguy0357]

Man, this view sure is old.

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Sure is!

[@PurFreeman]

One question, who is THE creator of the song?

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

According to the sheet music in my collections: Cristabel as lyricist and Franz Abt ( 1819 to 1885) as composer. The song is at least 140 years old. As for artistry: that'd be me!

[@PurFreeman]

@@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras Thank you very much, I was super confused.

[@KingNeptune3225]

i love this song though but the valley view mall got abondon and the rolling giant went extinct :(

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

interesting!

[@tewkie7955]

this video auto played from Kane Pixels video lol

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Spooky! Google's algorithm/AI must have decided that there is a linkage there!

[@-bugbite]

@@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras no he credited you in the description

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

@@-bugbite Thank you. And I am grateful to him for acknowledging the source.

[@thegreek2010]

Let's be real we know this song because of Kane Pixels

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Yes, I am totally aware. Thank you for your comment!

[@gilberto222]

Soy yo o se parece un poco a erika

[@AlanThompsonsSongsofBygoneEras]

Hi Gilberto, Having listened to Erika I think that there is a distinct similarity, although Erika has a more military feel compared to my version.

[@EEKGOPER]

Julien

[@Wertyber]

Song source: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqrUfHhqbLKDebM Recorded 2020, impressive.

[@cat_supernova2242]

bro this is the link to the same song your comment is on.

[@somedude1742]

it’s the same video💀

[@angryjoshosaur7909]

Bro think he Squidward 💀

[@KunkyBoy]

Dawg what

[@angryjoshosaur7909]

@@KunkyBoyyou are not safe they have your dreams your prayers are next

[@somedude1742]

??

[@angryjoshosaur7909]

@@somedude1742 if they come only ash & bones will remain