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:

  1. Under Ben Bulben (read by Richard Harris)
  2. An Irish Airman Foresees His Death (sung by Shane McGowan, accompanied by Cafe Orchestra, composed by F. C. Farrelly)
  3. Before the World Was Made (sung by Van Morrison, composed by Ken Craddock)
  4. Politics (sung and composed by Karl Wallinger)
  5. A Song of the Rosy-Cross (sung and composed by Mike Scott, accompanied by Sharon Shannon)
  6. The Fish (sung and composed by Sinead Lohan)
  7. Gort Na Saileán/Down By The Salley Gardens (sung by Tamalin, traditional)
  8. The Four Ages of Man (sung by World Party, composed by Karl Wallinger)
  9. The Song of Wandering Aengus (sung and composed by Christy Moore)
  10. He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (sung by Nevous, composed by Travis and Watkyn)
  11. The Stolen Child (sung by The Waterboys and Tomás MacEoin, composed by Mike Scott)
  12. Yeats' Grave/No Second Troy (sung by The Cranberries, composed by Dolores O'Riordan)
  13. The Lake Isle of Innisfree (read by W. B. Yeats)
  14. Under Ben Bulben(excerpt) (read by Richard Harris)