Willow Song

The willow maid original song 2009 erutan kate covington from my debut album raindancer song inspired by the tree sprites of celtic mythology hell.

Willow song. This is a song from the 1973 film the wicker man in the movie a police officer visits a small british island called summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. Here are the original lyrics. Desdemona sings the willow song moments before her beloved othello murders her. Shakespeare changes the victim in the song from a man to a woman making it more relevant to desdemona.

Willow from under the willow tree ep. Cds available from amazon cd baby and migna. A fight with your best girl prettiest thing you ever saw you know i ll listen try to get a message to her and if it s money you want or trouble halved whatever you want me to all you gotta do is ask. There were eight verses and it was originally about a man who dies because of his love s cruelty and betrayal.

Fiamma izzo d amico desdemona canzone del salice mov by fiamma izzo. The earliest record of the willow song is in a book of lute music from 1583. Maria agresta canzone del salice ave maria opening gala firenze. Your willow oh willow when the sun is out.

The willow song is an anonymous elizabethan or earlier folk song used in the penultimate act of shakespeare s othello the earliest record of the willow song is in a book of lute music from 1583 while shakespeare s play was not written until 20 years later in 1604. Verdi otello willow song. From mignarda s 2007 release my lord of oxenford s maske.