Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
A musical interpretation of a poem by 20th century Irish poet William Butler Yeats. Dave lifted this particular arrangement from Judy Collins, who recorded it in 1962 as “Golden Apples of the Sun.”
I went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread;
And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dipped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.
When I had laid it on the ground
And stooped to blow the fire a-flame,
Something rustled in the leaves,
And someone called me by my name:
It had become a glittering girl
With apple blossoms in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And vanished in the brightening air.
Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And see her face and take her hands;
And walk through long, green dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done,
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.
Song Of The Wandering Aengus was written by Judy Collins & William Butler Yeats.
Dave Van Ronk released Song Of The Wandering Aengus on Sat Jan 01 1966.