Loreena McKennitt-Stolen child

this song,contained in the Loreena McKennitt's first album ever,titled "Elemental",is a musical version of a famous poem written by one the most famous irish poets:William Butler Yeats (1865-1939).This composition talks about a boy who is kidnapped by the fairies.Enjoy!;)

Lyrics:

(Words by W.B.Yeats-Music by Loreena McKennitt)

Where dips the rocky highland
Of Sleuth Wood in the lake
There lies a leafy island
Where flapping herons wake
The drowsy water-rats
There we've hid our faery vats
Full of berries
And of reddest stolen cherries

CHORUS

Come away, O human child
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand
For the world's more full of weeping
Than you can understand.

Where the wave of moonlight glosses
The dim grey sands with light
By far off furthest Rosses
We foot it all the night
Weaving olden dances
Mingling hands and mingling glances
Till the moon has taken flight
To and fro we leap
And chase the frothy bubbles
Whilst the world is full of troubles
And is anxious in its sleep.

CHORUS

Where the wandering water gushes
From the hills above Glen-Car
In pools among the rushes
That scarce could bathe a star
We seek for slumbering trout
And whispering in their ears
Give them unquiet dreams
Leaning softly out
From ferns that drop their tears
Over the young streams

CHORUS

Away with us he's going
The solemn-eyed
He'll hear no more the lowing
Of the calves on the warm hillside
Or the kettle on the hob
Sing peace into his breast
Or see the brown mice bob
Round and round the oatmeal chest.

CHORUS

For he comes, the human child
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand
For the world's more full of weeping
Than you can understand.

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[kakolukiam1984]

well,there are more plausible reasons,the first can be that the women were irish and Yeats is on of the symbols of the country,another reason is that the protagonist of the poem is an innocent child that is kidnapped by the fairies and disappears so the possible link can be that the women are innocent victims of something,in this case the war...

[tweethang1]

She is amazing. Her voice is so beautiful

[healthyhappyveg]

Amazing. Best quality I've found on youtube. Definitely my favourite song by her.

[anotherkindofcold]

Why do the suggestions always show extremely lewd videos? I mean, they're usually just a song, but it'll have some prostitute with headphones over her breasts or something as the picture. I mean. . . really?

[TheWeirdPlant]

...I have no words for this.

[wallyabb]

@xKAISERINx Because the dogs can hear the faeries coming

[SuzettePleshette]

I LOVE W B Yeats and I LOVE Loreena. What could be better??

The baying of the hounds is a nice touch too.

[Palemon1996]

Nice version of Yeat's poem however I still prefer the Waterboy's version of "Stolen child".

[hedley4lyf]

gorgeous voice and great poem <3 Thanks for the good sound quality (:

[PinkRangerVida]

@TheThespian96: If the Folk loved him? A gift.

[SilverDemon456]

@xKAISERINx it's about a child that been taken away, they used to use dogs to track a person's scent to find them.

[TheThespian96]

Just imagine it...a child being taken away from all he's ever known, to a strange and beautiful new place. He'd soon forget all that he'd known before, the ways of the Folk becoming all that he'd know. Soon, he'd become part Folk as well...though he'd always be a little different. Striving to meet the perfection of the beauty all around him, though he'd never quite reach it.

But if he were ever to go back, he'd never quite fit in with the humans either. A misfit either way.

A mischief, or gift?