Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Finally! "Innisfree" by Judy Collins

     I have the vinyl, but I have been searching youtube for this gem. It is based on W.B. Yeats' poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree". As an undergraduate I bought the album, and later read the poem; Yeats has become a favorite.

    Recently I sent this to a dear friend who is having some rough times. Whatever is going on in your live, I hope you find peace from whatever afflicts/bothers you!

Here is Judy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TleIuj9xIYE

And here is William Butler Yeats:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGoaQ433wnw

He sounds like my 8th grade English teacher, John J.McGuire. When I had him in class, Mr. McGuire was in ill health and near the end of his teaching career. Earlier he had been a football coach and hailed from the anthracite coal country of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania- tough country then and now.

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