State Folk Song

Famous quotes containing the words state, folk and/or song:

    “Thou knowest in the state of innocency Adam fell, and what
    should poor Jack Falstaff do in the days in villainy?”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He’s the chap who makes it possible for civilised folk to despise war.”
    —Allan Massie (b. 1938)

    “I made my song a coat
    Covered with embroideries
    Out of old mythologies”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)