I discovered lately that in fact this story comes from Irish mythology ( "Lough Neagh"/ "Tuân mac Cairill "). Cairill, a man, becomes a salmon (here we have a trout). He is eaten by a woman, survives and becomes a prophet knowing all the past of Ireland. The salmon is the symbol of knowledge and of man. Carill is " The Fisher King " in " The Graal ". "Golden Apples" might well be apples found in the " Garden of the Hesperides ".
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This is one of my very favorite songs. Dave Van Ronk used to sing this. Does anyone know where there is a recording of his version? There is one I have seen, but the video stops early into the song and the voice is distorted.
Golden Apples Of The SunJudy CollinsI went out to the hazelwoodBecause a fire was in my headCut and peeled a hazel wandAnd hooked a berry to a threadAnd when white moths were on the wingAnd moth-like stars were flickering outI dropped the berry in a streamAnd caught a little silver troutWhen I had laid it on the groundAnd gone to blow the fire aflameSomething rustled on the floorAnd someone called me by my nameIt had become a glimmering girlWith apple blossom in her hairWho called me by my name and ranAnd vanished in the brightening airThough I am old with wanderingThrough hollow lands and hilly landsI will find out where she has goneAnd see her lips and take her handAnd walk through long green dappled grassAnd pluck till time and times are doneThe silver apples of the moonThe golden apples of the sunWriter(s): Yeats, Collins
i first heard this when i was 7 in 1961...my elder sister had the album...i listened spellbound to this......when she left home to marry...sne gave the record to me.....still treaure it
jim
Yes, the music was written by Judy Collins, the poem is from the famous W. B Yeats, The Song of Wandering Aengus. This is lovely. Terry Callier also does a sublime version of it.
