Now And In A Time To Be
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Now And In A Time To Be is a musical celebration of the works of Irish poet William Butler Yeats. The poems included are:
- Under Ben Bulben (read by Richard Harris)
- An Irish Airman Foresees His Death (sung by Shane McGowan, accompanied by Cafe Orchestra, composed by F. C. Farrelly)
- Before the World Was Made (sung by Van Morrison, composed by Ken Craddock)
- Politics (sung and composed by Karl Wallinger)
- A Song of the Rosy-Cross (sung and composed by Mike Scott, accompanied by Sharon Shannon)
- The Fish (sung and composed by Sinead Lohan)
- Gort Na Saileán/Down By The Salley Gardens (sung by Tamalin, traditional)
- The Four Ages of Man (sung by World Party, composed by Karl Wallinger)
- The Song of Wandering Aengus (sung and composed by Christy Moore)
- He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (sung by Nevous, composed by Travis and Watkyn)
- The Stolen Child (sung by The Waterboys and Tomás MacEoin, composed by Mike Scott)
- Yeats' Grave/No Second Troy (sung by The Cranberries, composed by Dolores O'Riordan)
- The Lake Isle of Innisfree (read by W. B. Yeats)
- Under Ben Bulben(excerpt) (read by Richard Harris)
