Poetry Of Alfred Noyes
Poetry is just another name for ‘lyrics in waiting’…?
Good afternoon R&P 
I’m just working my way through Loreena McKennitt’s albums, and noticed she has recorded a couple of my favourite poems as songs : “The Lady of Shalott” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and “The Highwayman” (edited) by Alfred Noyes. I think both adaptations are beautiful, though I wish she’d done the full version of “The Highwayman”.
Anyway, I have two questions for you…
1) Can you name any other songs which are adaptions of established poems?
2) If you could choose any poem to be recorded as a song, what would it be, and who would you have record it?
If the band / artist has no particular ‘style’ or genre, which would you want them to record it in?
BQ : Favourite poem?
BQ2 : Do you lavender?
BQ3 : If someone published a book of drawings and poems inspired by the songs of your favourite band, would you seriously consider buying it? If not, why not?
BQ2 : do you like lavender?
Golden Slumbers – The Beatles
“Golden Slumbers” is based on A Poem by Thomas Dekker and written in a lullaby style. McCartney saw the sheet music for Dekker’s lullaby at his father’s home in Liverpool, left on a piano by his stepsister Ruth McCartney. McCartney could not read music at the time and was unable to read the score, and so he created his own melody and arrangement.
The words originally come from a lullaby in “The Pleasant Comodie of Patient Grissill” written about 1603.
A poem I would love to see set to music is
Ode To Broken Things
by Pablo Neruda
http://www.motherbird.com/broken.htm
the band I would choose to do it would be Radiohead
one of my favorite poems?
“Howl” written by Allen Ginsberg
Who would not enjoy the sweet relaxing scent of Lavender?
however, I have always been partial to the gentle melancholia of night blooming jasmine
BQ3: I certainly would
Alfred Noyes “The Highwayman” Poem animation
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The Highwayman – Alfred Noyes $0.99 “The Highwayman” is a narrative poem written by Alfred Noyes, The poem tells the story of a nameless highwayman who is in love with the landlord’s daughter named Bess. Tim, the insanely jealous stableman, betrays him to the authorities: an action which leads to brutal death for both the lovers…. |
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The Highwayman $6.41 Alfred Noyes’s famous poem still has the power to thrill us as we read the story of the highwayman and his doomed love for Bess, the landlord’s black-eyed daughter. This classic story of sacrifice in the name of true love has been a favorite with generations of young readers. The powerful, evocative language of Alfred Noyes’s verses echoes through the centuries, complemented by Charles Keeping’s d… |
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Twelve Best Poems All Kids Should Know $3.00 Here are twelve great poems all kids should know. If you want your child to love the wonder and power of words, this is a great place to start! Poems include 1. The Shooting of Dan McGrew – Robert Service 2. The House That Jack Built – Randolph Caldecott 3. Eldorado – Edgar Allan Poe 4. Casey at the Bat – Ernest Lawrence Thayer 5. The Highwayman – Alfred Noyes 6. The Cremation of Sam McGee – Rober… |
