Music
Riley's story is the subject of Tim O'Brien's song "John Riley" or . It features in his album The Crossing. Youtube recording of the song
David Rovics also sings of Riley in "Saint Patrick's Battalion"
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Famous quotes containing the word music:
“The harp that once through Tara’s halls The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara’s walls As if that soul were fled.”
—Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
“Through music the passions enjoy themselves.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Since a man must bring
To music what his mother spanked him for
When he was two ...”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)