Whether you gain Internet access, it is quite clear now to attending up some favourite William Butler Yeats poems and hear how they retain been locate to some graceful Irish bebop, both old-fashioned and another happening. These performances can add still worthier dimension to the embryonic poem.
Sample "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by Yeats, as sung by Donovan (yes, of 1960s fame) very as the more popular version by Christy Moore, the legendary Irish folk singer. This is another amazing myth-based poem of loss and longing made extraordinary in a new sense by its musical setting. Its images of the silver apples of the moon and the golden apples of the sun have endured.4. Look for lesser-known, and sometimes less traditional-sounding songs based on Yeats poems, such as "Slouching Toward Bethlehem" by Joni Mitchell, and "Innisfree" by Judy Collins.
2. Inspect versions of "The Stolen Child," a song made popular about a decade ago by The Waterboys in a haunting rendition. An elderly man recites the poem throughout, and the band sings the chorus: "Come away, human child, to the waters and the wild." They finish with: "The world's more full of weeping than you will understand." Another soulful singer who does a lovely job with the song is Loreena McKennitt, a Canadian singer of Celtic music.
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