Judy Collins - Golden Apples of the Sun download mp3

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

From when poetry was poetry and song was song

This song wakes me, just toward morning, when "white moths are on the wing" and the air is brightening before sunrise.

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

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 ". Excellent ! Best wishes,

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.

One of my all time favorite songs/poems. 

I was wondering how it is that you have my painting as the image for this song?

Beautiful song ever love this ever thank you Wandering Aengus

Thank you for sharing. My cretin heart is moved.

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.

Although this came out during the folk era, it was Also considered an "Art song"– Some very interesting chord Changes.

Thanks, loved this since I was a kid when my dad would play it. We lived out in Denver in the early 60s and my old man claims he met Judy at a party once. Been a fan ever since. This tune has the ability to suspend time while you listen to it.