Donovan - The Song Of Wandering Aengus

Music by Philip Leitch Donovan on verses by W.B.Yeats. Illustrations by Cronogeo.( http://www.youtube.com/cronogeo )

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Music

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• william
• butler
• yeats
• donovan
• angelo
• branduardi
• folk
• country

[gyrene0311]

Side-by-side with Frost's "Promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep", "Silver apples of the moon, golden apples of the sun" have got to be the greatest metaphorical lines in literary and poetic history.

[zephyrquartz]

Lovely melody of Yeats' beautiful poem by the master of romance Donovan.

[bae123456]

@gyrene0311 wow, i never thought about it but i agree with you completley! thanks for making the connection!

[Sixdouble5321]

Am - G - C down to Em7 to Dm then back to C down to Am. Repeat.

[Hydropsyche]

@yoginipeacelove

Please don't be offended, this isn't personal but under every Donovan video I've watched today I found a comment like this and by now I am a little irritated. Those who read books and listen to music like this might not be the majority of our generation but it doesn't really make you that special either. And, most importantly, WE DO HAVE REAL MUSIC. It might be a littel harder to find but it is there.

[bunkhabit]

@audiotrax2000 From "HMS Donovan" double album 1971. Was available on CD. There is a fantastically whimsical musical adaptation of "The Walrus and the Carpenter" (and other great cuts) on that album as well.

[audiotrax2000]

This is SO beautiful, and it matches the renderings perfectly. When was this timeless gem recorded?

[yoginipeacelove]

I'm a teenager and this is one of my favorite poems (yes, I actually read) and this is one of my favorite musicians (my generation doesn't even have real music) doing a lovely to-song version of it, it's absolutely magical. Thank you for uploading this. Beautiful illustrations as well, thank you for them, very very nice. This is pure magic. :)

[Kilchattan7]

Maryhill bhoy done big good. Lifetime award acceptance speech on Tuesday was most informative. Jocks are more than briefs.............

Influential genius.

[MrMLD72MLD]

@nick40nick40 ♥

[zephyrquartz]

see donovan.ie for Donovan's current doings.

[ModGirl1967]

@donald1701 And did it way before they did, right Donald? Even Cher was "Sonny & Cher" for a long time.