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Donovan - The Song Of Wandering Aengus
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- čas přidán 1. 03. 2008
- In this video I have illustrated this beautiful folk song sung by Donovan. The wonderful lyrics is written by W.B. Yeats.
The song is to be found on HMS Donovan from 1971.
And yes, the girl is Marianne Faithfull. It was hard to find a picture of a girl that fitted the song..
My dad would sing this to me before bed as a child. No other memory brings such warmth to my soul, reminds me of what really matters. When I hear this song, the all the noise and nonsense in the world seems to dissapear.
Your dad had excellent taste! Did he also play guitar?
Brilliant. I fell in love with that song as soon as I first heard it in the early 1970s. I finally worked it out on guitar when I was on my own living in a shack in 2002 (no TV or computer distractions).
Very good photos to match, even Marianne Faithful - that was close, but his unrequited love for years was Linda Jones, discarded wife (c.1965) of Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones. (Incidentally, Brian & Linda had a son: Julian, very close in age to John & Cynthia Lennon's Julian.) Donovan & Linda finally married in the early 1970s.
I used to think that sublimely poignant ending bit was originated by Donovan, and that Genesis (the early, original Genesis, when Peter Gabriel was the lead singer) got that phrase from Don, but they were doing the same thing at the same time (only Genesis would devote 32 bars to that kind of beautiful haunting tripped-out acoutic guitar riffs). Check out Genesis' album "Trespass" - recorded 1971. (Phil Collins was not even a member back then.)
It's amazing how some things weren't pinched by one artist(s) of another, but how both were doing the same thing at the same time - the end of The Who's Pinball Wizard is very similar to the end of Blind Faith's Had To Cry Today (both recorded in 1969).
great post - very interesting - thanks for sharing. John Lennon my hero, always will be. Ive seen Christy Moore sing this song three times live and it never fails to move me. Yeats best work IMO. Thanks
Patrick Doyle You're welcome.
Do you know what became of Brian & Linda's son, Julian?
Did he get involved with music at all like his late father, Brian Jones?
Did Julian live with Linda & Donovan and how old would he be now?
I just don't recall hearing or reading anything about Julian Jone's life anywhere.
Living out in the country 160 miles southwest of Paris 72 found a cassette somewhere with this song. Remember lying on a narrow table in the abandoned farmhouse lent me by the local Laird, listening to this hypnotic trance...
A most holy love song words by William B Yeats, interpreted geniusly by our Donovan.
Blessings to him for singing us such beauty.
Donovan has always had a sense of beauty expressed in the finest of poems which validated these gentle times of peace, love, joy and genuine happiness. I am so grateful to have experienced the absolute best of the Age of Aquarius.
Wow! The lyrics are by W. B. Yeats. The music fits Yeats's words perfectly! Donovan did a super-great job with the music, guitar, and vocals to create a great song. I, personally, loved the words by Yeats before I even heard Donovan's music: the theme of desperately chasing a dream, and, especially, the really great symbolic last lines: "...the golden apples of the sun, the silver apples of the moon."
Yes, he did a great poem and justice.
It could be they composed this in the same room - at the same time.
Donovan was one of my musical teachers in my teenage...I'm very glad to see your work here...thank you very much!!!
A magical song that speaks deeply to my soul. Words cannot describe the feeling, but it is timeless. My thanks.
nostalgia for a time and place I've never seen
What a strange sensation...I don't know if it depends on the symbolic text of Yeats of love and death, the extraordinary fluidity of the words of this poem, or on the voice of Donovan, sweet like a caress, but every time I listen to this song, I feel different...
Do we not all long for our Beloved?
@@sattwa2 it's the endless research of love: we all look for love and keep wandering in this research. We become old by looking for it but a dream always accompanies us, hoping to find out it in the last dream.
@@silviazanicotti5054 Only to find She/He has been with us all along🙏
For myself, this poem is about the dreams of youth being persued by a man thru his life. Beautiful version.
This is possibly the greatest song in the world.
Well, Adora, lovely name I might add, at least the poem. Song is lovely still.
try 'westling winds' by Dick Gaughan
Yes, a beautiful magical song.
Love the writing of Irish poet, William Butler Yeats.
Love the magical singing of Donovan.
W. B. Yeats
@@Omastian best rendition of this poem I've heard as yet.
The Song of Wandering Aengus
BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
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 dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.
When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire a-flame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And someone called me by my name:
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.
Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done,
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.
This is a beautiful poem by William Butler Yeats. And beautifully set to music by Caroline Herring. And beautifully performed and sung by Donovan.
This was recorded just a few years after she was born, this rendition was fully done by Donovan.
ck out dave van ronks version
There are many versions of this beautiful adaptation of Yeats' poem. I love the one by Terry Callier
Not set to music at all by Caroline Herring.
100 % credit to Donovan Leitch for the music.
love this poem, love Donovan, love your images, and love the WAterboys version. Full of love after hearing this magic.
This poem and song, along with Donovan's 'Roots of Oak', influenced me deeply when I first heard them in my teenage years. Thank you for posting!
I am so lucky......I have the original double vinyl L.P. , found and bought, many years ago, in a record and tape exchange......what can I say.......I am so lucky.
Eileen Quirke I also have it, with the lovely poster by John Byrne, (under the pseudonym Patrick) I also have the Box St, A Gift from a Flower to a Garden withe pics, gorgeous.
+Sam Leigh-Brown: Me, too! But you can't possibly be as old as I am!
Sam Leigh-Brown I also have it with the original song book , I’d never part with it ....
@Sam Leigh-Brown what is the name of the album?
@Eileen Quirke what is the name of the album?
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 dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.
When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire a-flame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And someone called me by my name:
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.
Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done,
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.
The Wind Among the Reeds, 1899. 4th ed. (London, 1903), 15-16. Available at Project Gutenberg.
Thank you for putting the lyrics to this beautiful song and video!
thank's shianti shianti shianti
I’ve been listening to this on repeat for weeks.
Beautiful poem by William Butler Yeats beautifully set to music and sung by Donovan.
This music would capture me and force me to wander throughout the country and smallest villages of UK
His voice is like honey over hot marble. Beautiful!
Nope it’s like hot marble on honey.
i wish i was alife when this beautifull song came out!
i love donovan! his voice is so soft and warm i feel so happy and safe when i hear his voice
Sogreat song ever T`was amazing times it will stand
It's not actually a folk song, but a poem by WB Yeats. Thanks for posting; it's beautiful.
+Daisy D - Or rather, Yeats' poem was written as a folk song. After all, it's in the title.
Masses Esclaves No. it was written as a poem. And then sung as a song by Donovan.
+Daisy D Yes. Yeats himself said that the poem was partly based on a Greek folk song. Do your research.
@@massesesclaves644 it was written as a poem
Sublime melodia música para os meus ouvidos 👂 Adoro ouvir a voz suave e doce de Donovan é um bálsamo para a alma. 💙🎼🎸😍🎤🎧🎵
I Love you Donovan
Beautiful ever song Donovan amazing thank you
So beautiful!! Everything Donovan is great!
I loved listening to this when i was a kid.
I love his songs Radio, they just are so calming and beautiful :)
Louise Maxwell
Your pretty.
Thank you for the lovely compliment Radio :)
+RadioFreeLondon I agree!
About 40 years ago in goal a lady teacher of courses who knew i loved Donavan brought me a magical collection of the most beautiful & rare Donovan songs including thuis & Celia Of The Seals.
I was so grateful & loved the cassette 1
Haunting, mystical, and ethereally magnificent.
Oh, I forgot to mention, the person(s) who put together the video did a great job, too.
Beautiful imagery. I’ve always loved this song. Thank you. 💕
Full of love after hearing this magic song
Super glad that I just happened upon this. I love it when life nudges you enough to feel it.
Lovely song, lovely visuals. Thank you thank you.
Beautiful song and beautiful pictures!
never knew this beautiful poem had been put to music, nicely done by Donovan.....many thanks for posting. The earlier comment in Finnish translates as something like this: I can feel the morning dew, and the natural presence of listening to this, I quietly listen to the trees.
There's another version by the Waterboys. It's amazing. czcams.com/video/BYb-qOKKC0E/video.html
Exquisite interpretation of Yeats’ poem into song. Even gives Christy Moore a run for his money. I hadn’t heard it before - so pleased to have discovered it!🖤🐦⬛
Also for me Donovan was one of my musical teachers in my teenage...I'm very glad to see your work here...thank you very much!!!
One of the most beautiful poems I ever heard, William Buttler Yeats, "GREAT"‼
"Golden Apples of The Sun" title of a Isaac Asimov book‼
Not Isaac Asimov. Ray Bradbury.
I grew up in Maryhill and Donovan obviously puts on that accent.
Stupenda poesia di W. B. Yeats. Gradevole la canzone di Donovan.
its one of the best tracks on hms i think and i think only donovan could put such lovely music to yeats magnificent poem! well done don
A beautiful and haunting song. Thank you for posting this. Definitely the best of Donovan's "hidden gems".
Donovan, ik ben verliefd op jouw stem. 🌹🌹🌹
you catch the right feeling, i appreciate.
The silver apples of the moon . . . the golden apples of the sun . . .
Absolutely brilliant - heard it last 20odd yrs ago, and the way Donovan's voice hums in around 3:20 always stuck in my memory ..many thanx Siss
You have put together a lovely, lovely video that captures the beauty of this wonderful poem by W.B. Yeats. Every frame is done so well that depicts a picture for every verse.
Donovan (my favourite artist of all time), sings this song with a magical voice. I have just about every album he has released and this song is one of my favourites. I have seen him in concert several times over the years.
Thank you so much for putting together this beautiful video.....so well done!! A+ video!
on repeat. merry samhain, blessings to all x
Πραγματικά πανέμορφο κομμάτι!!!....
First record I bought in 1971, were did all the time go!.
WONDERFUL SONG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Sam Leigh-Brown,
We're both extremely fortunate to hold these wonderful gifts.
Keep listening, and remember.
thank you, among many beautful songs of Donovan, this one is one of the TOPS
Listening to this song is like time travelling and I feel young again...
Regards
slolwaye
Absolutely...gorgeous.
Donován dalai örökre rabul ejtették a szívemet és a lelkemet.
Lovely....
Heard this on the Strange Folk cd and fell in love with the song :)
Wonderfully haunting song.
Oh yes the peace and passion it is so right. Just what I needed and had to share with many. Thank you for this!
so very lovely!
Hadn't heard this version before - absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for setting it up.
So enchanting. Also beautifully sung with a completely different melody by Judy Collins.
Not often can I say this but I think Donovan's music has done justice to Yeats' lyrics.
Just beautiful!
beautiful haunting quality.
so very sweet I love this song\poem
Yeats was inspired by the folk stories of my beloved Sligo.
Wonderful song
Great job at putting this together. The pics and words match up well.
I actually have the 45 of this song, too. And yes James, the woman was Marianne Faithful.
an exquisite folk song
La canzone di Aengus il Vagabondo, dalla poesia di Yeats...bellissima, nella versione di Donovan, meravigliosa in quella di Branduardi
+Isabel Archer la più bella è quella di Christy Moore
Mario Fiorentini
grazie per la dritta! Non la conoscevo!
Isabel Archer Figurati! E' bello condividere la musica!
Beautiful poem, great performance. thank you Siss for sharing *_*.
I used to play guitar sing this song,, when the Judy Collins version came out. I thought my life would be like this, magical and enchanting. Instead, it turned into a nightmare. I was a naive flower child....with zero clue about the nature of reality.
You were not alone...although my life has not turned out ro be exactly a nightmare.... Some of the so called reality is also beautiful, and so is naivity
Troels Brøgger
Thank you Troels, that was very sweet. I wish you well. 💕😍
I love W B Yeats! This reminds me of the illustrations by Arthur Rackham in Undine.
Amazing song ever WB Yeats topssssss
First heard this album when I was 16yrs old from Linz
Pete Howarth gut, Petet
Very beautiful version of this favourite poem of mine by Yeats.
It's a very beautiful song.
this is cool
Really spectacular song!!!
BEAUTIFUL!!!
thanks sissham; as others have said here, a lovely montage to accompany a lovely rendition of a beautiful poem.
a rose for you my dear!
wordofgord
Oh, beauty! TYK for uploading this!
Probably my fave Donovan song ever! I just recently I learned Judy Collins, way back in the early '60s, had beaten Donovan to setting to music this magical Yeats poem (literally magical - I think it's very influenced by Yeats' occult beliefs & activities. He practiced ceremonial magic in the legendary Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in London). Collins called her version "Apples of the Sun". Donovan stayed with the poem's title & put much more interesting music & vocals to it. Love it.
very nicely done! thanks!
well done!! thank you for these great images! . . . . . . i just heard of this poem/song a month or two ago . . . . . . and have since learned it w keyboard, to a more-or-less original melody, and posted this version of mine on yt. . . . . but, after hearing this, my notion is to also post a guitar version, using this melody . . . . i also have posted 'the stolen child' w keybd
he sends me
Beautiful song
Beautiful!
Forever love.
wow - how helpful. thankyou very much!
very beautiful
thank you very much.
Donovan...taught John Lennon, this very finger picking technique while in India. John would go on to write the words and music for, 'Dear Prudence'. Another acoustic beauty.
Ιt's saturday night , after a party...
Now I'm in home and I'm listening it.
I just give up...................
dats well beautiful
it is on the album HMS Donovan. A Classic
Thank you so much :)
This is why yeats is remembered. To put down on paper the longing of Man for something he can never have, and make us all understand.