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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThe Stolen Child (W.B. Yeats poem set to music)
Performed by The Waterboys
I love this.
EDITED to add that the lyrics are on You Tube.
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The Stolen Child (W.B. Yeats poem set to music) (Original Post)
frogmarch
Apr 2012
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siligut
(12,272 posts)1. Absolutely beautiful
The video, the music and the lyrics, just magical
frogmarch
(12,153 posts)2. I agree. I'm glad you
enjoyed it too. There are other renditions of "The Stolen Child" on You Tube, but I like this one the best.
Heres a website you might like:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/yeats/fip/
Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry
Edited and Selected by W. B. Yeats
(1888)
Swede
(33,236 posts)3. Very nice.
Thanks for posting.
frogmarch
(12,153 posts)4. You're welcome.
My pleasure.
AmyDeLune
(1,846 posts)5. That's reaaly lovely, but this is still my favorite version...
frogmarch
(12,153 posts)6. Yes, that's beautiful too.
I listened to it earlier tonight and thought it was gorgeous. What a voice!