Online:Bardic Performances

Throughout The Elder Scrolls Online are musical performers called Bards that play and sing a number of different songs. Some of these bards are named, some not, and they can often be found in cities and taverns. These bards will also play purely instrumental numbers on the flute or the lute in between performances. Players can also perform a random bard song by using the /flute and /lute commands.

Malukah (Wikipedia), a Youtube musician who came to prominence with her rendition of Skyrim's "The Dragonborn Comes", was invited to write the music for (and perform some of) the bardic songs in the game.

Song Versions

There are four different voices used for the songs: Malukah's voice, another female voice, a male voice, and an aged male voice. The songs can also be played on flute or lute by the player or bards.

Here are the voices available for each song:

Song	Malukah	Female	Male	Aged Male	Flute	Lute
Battle of Glenumbra Moors	1Yes		1Yes			1Yes
Chim-El Adabal	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes
The Coldharbour Compact	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes
Hymn to Kyne	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes		1Yes
Ithguleoir	1Yes		1Yes			1Yes
Ode to Queen Ayrenn	1Yes		1Yes			1Yes
Over the Seas and Far Away	1Yes		1Yes			1Yes
The Plane Meld	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes
Stagger and Sway	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes
Three Hearts as One	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes	1Yes		1Yes

• Bards and players can play two other unnamed lute performances besides the ones listed above, and they are also able to play a drum.

Listen to a sample of lute song 1

Listen to a sample of lute song 2

Lyrics

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Battle of Glenumbra Moors

Listen to a sample (Male voice)

Who took up arms that winter dawn and to Glenumbra came?
To raise their hand 'gainst tyrants, stand and die in freedom's name?
Who stood upon the field that hour to answer Direnni's call?
Men, Breton-born, all came that morn, to fend the land for all!

Rise, rise! To freedom, rise! Arise, ye Breton sons and daughters.
Ride, ride! To freedom, ride! Truth and glory to the brave!

And when the battle, it was joined, Alessians three to one,
Skies lit bright with magic's light and with magic, it was won.
For all they stood on blessed ground whence all her power came,
The rocks would yield, what might they wield, all in Direnni's name!

Rise, rise! To freedom, rise! Arise, ye Breton sons and daughters.
Ride, ride! To freedom, ride! Truth and glory to the brave!

So children of this Breton land, ye best remember well
All those who for High Rock stood: Brian, Ancois, Rielle
Men of the North fought and stood forth
Till all oppressors fell!

Chim-El Adabal

Listen to a sample (Malukah)

When Akatosh slew Lorkhan,
He ripped his heart right out,
He hurled it across Tamriel,
And the heart was heard to shout:

Red Diamond! Red Diamond!
The heart and soul of Men.
Red Diamond! Red Diamond!
Protect us till the end.

The laughing heart sprayed blood afar,
A gout on Cyrod fell,
And like a dart shot to its mark
Down in an Ayleid Well.
Magicka fused the Lorkhan blood
To crystal red and strong
Then Wild Elves cut and polished it down
To Chim-el Adabal.

Red Diamond! Red Diamond!
The heart and soul of Men.
Red Diamond! Red Diamond!
Protect us till the end.

When Elves lost Nirn to Man,
Akatosh gave the stone
To Saint Alesh in token of
Her right to sit the throne.

Red Diamond! Red Diamond!
The heart and soul of Men.
Red Diamond! Red Diamond!
Protect us till the end.

The Coldharbour Compact

Listen to a sample (Aged Male voice)

Poor Gil-Var-Delle we still recall
The God of Schemes consumed it all
To Coldharbour went our Clockwork God
To bargain on the Princes' sod

They came to mock at Tribune small
Schemer, Hunger, Hunter, all
Pariah, Scryer, Destroyer came
Raver and Twilight just the same

From dread Daedra save us
From Daedra keep us safe
Forsake the ones that made us
To fight a wrongful fate

They sneered when Clockwork made his demand
Till Twilight raised a hand
"And what do you offer in return
"To keep us from chastising Nirn?"

Then Clockwork whispered long and low
And what he said, no mortal can know

From dread Daedra save us
From Daedra keep us safe
Forsake the ones that made us
To fight a wrongful fate

Hymn to Kyne

Listen to a sample (Female voice)

In darkness, your light shines through,
Warrior Goddess, for you we strike true.
When hope is lost and war rages on,
Warrior Goddess, hear our blessed song!
With a Nord's death, fallen in battle,
Warrior Goddess, guide us through shadow.
Grant us courage to fight and sharpen our swords,
Warrior Goddess, mother of Nords!

Ithguleoir

Listen to a sample (Male voice)

We all remember Annine Praul,
Went out to sea one day;
Ithguleoir bit off her head,
Beneath the sea of gray, beneath the sea of gray!

And what about Therese's son,
A brave and handsome boy;
Ithguleoir et him up,
His mother's pride and joy, his mother's pride and joy!

Oh how we mourn our good man Thom,
Who swore he'd catch the dreadful beast;
Ithguleoir et him whole,
And then he ate the priest, and then he ate the priest!

Ode to Queen Ayrenn

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Listen to a sample (Male voice)

This song's for our queen, our beautiful elf
Who would not be held up there on a shelf
She sang and she danced, and she studied the past
But her time as princess, it would not last

Ayrenn, Ayrenn,
Where have you been?
No time for court intrigue
And now you rule as queen

She ran from the dresses, she ran from the pomp
She could not right stomach more High Elven wrong
Our future leader sailed from our shores
To High Rock, Skyrim, and more

Now what did she do while she was away?
She met sword-dancers and taught them to sway
Fought bears, ran dungeons, drank mead with the Nords
Not once was she ever bored

When push came to shove and her father lay dead
She aimed for the Isles to put a crown on her head
And we welcomed her back
With a cheer and a dance
Now let's all at once, now eagles advance!

Ayrenn, Ayrenn,
You are a great queen
We toast to your health
By moon, stars, and green

Over The Seas And Far Away

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Listen to a sample (Malukah)

Our land-bound mates can till their fields
Or fight behind their masters' shields
But a seaman's free to sing and play
Over the seas and far away

Over the seas and over the Lane
For Ayrenn, Edhelorn or the Mane
The lords command and we obey
Over the seas and far away

A sailor lives a happy life
Free of land-bounds' toil and strife
The soil he tills will be his grave
Over the seas and far away

Over the seas and over the Lane
For Ayrenn, Edhelorn or the Mane
The lords command and we obey
Over the seas and far away

Buck up, ye hearties, I foretell
We turn to port with loot to sell
Our coffers fill with gold today!
Over the seas and far away

Over the seas and over the Lane
For Ayrenn, Edhelorn or the Mane
The lords command and we obey
Over the seas and far away

The Plane Meld

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Listen to a sample (Malukah)

Of all the Daedric princes
There's one with shocking gall
His goal: The domination and enslavement of us all
The God of Schemes
The Prince of Pain
The Captain of Corruption
He tills the land of Tamriel
And sows the seeds of destruction

The plane meld is nigh
The plane meld is nigh
Our world will disappear

The plane meld is nigh
The plane meld is nigh
Our doom is drawing near

Chains of darkness grip the land
And draw it ever near
To his nightmare, Coldharbour
Where hope bows down to fear
Tearing souls of innocents
Into eternal pain
While his daedric minions
Sing praises of his name

The plane meld is nigh
The plane meld is nigh
As Molag Bal commands

The plane meld is nigh
The plane meld is nigh
Our doom is now at hand

Stagger and Sway

Listen to a sample (Male voice)

O my sweet love, she waits for me,
Through storm and shine, cross land or sea.
I run to her and together we,
Sway as we kiss
Sway as we kiss

Her graceful shape I heave up high
And in one hand I hold her nigh
Her waiting lips are never dry
Sway as we kiss
Sway as we kiss

Come the morn she goes
The taste of her remains
And in my mind, I see us sway
Sway as we kiss
Sway as we kiss

Three Hearts As One

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Listen to a sample (Malukah)

We tilled Skyrim's ground despite frozen toil
We tended the kwama beneath Morrowind soil
We hunted the wamasu in Black Marsh's glades
We Three hearts had no need for blades

Then they came from the seas, folded steel in their hands
They burned down our homes and ravaged our lands
Akaviri brought nothing but bloodshed and lies
Our families were slain before our eyes

With Three separate people they shared a cruel joke
A choice between death or the yoke
But then our Three people knew what must be done
To end the oppression, all Three became One

Forged by war the Ebonheart rose
And drove the Akaviri back to the sea
When the enemies begged for the mercy they lacked
Three voices as one shouted "Blood for the Pact"

Forged by war our story be told
No shackles can hold us
Whether moonstone or gold

Notes

• While some of these songs are about the members or events of specific alliances, bards in other alliance zones may be found singing these songs. For example, bards in Ebonheart Pact zones may be heard singing "Ode to Queen Ayrenn".