On this All Saints Day
I thought that I would write
About a shining influence
I have in my life
All this art I create
And songs I've been singin'
Did you know I modeled my name
After Hildegard von Bingen?
She was a badass nun
Back in the day
And wrote the oldest surviving
Morality Play
I'm talkin way back when
In the dark medieval years
This was a lady highly regarded
Among all her peers
Yup, she didn't just twiddle her thumbs
Out in the monastery
She was a prolific writer,
Composer, and visionary
She wrote more chants
Than any other women or men
She wrote both the music and the words
And never set down her pen
And do you know what?
This holy moly nun
Also wrote medicinal and botanical texts
Just to have some fun
She was a sage and a philosopher
Intrigued by all life's mystery
And some even regard her
As the founder of scientific natural history
I could go on and on
About this extraordinary nun
And her incredible life
And all that she got done
She even invented a constructed language
Known as Lingua Ignota
And me compared to Hildegard?
I haven't accomplished one iota!
