State Folk Song

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

    “The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.”
    —Kwame Nkrumah (1900–1972)

    “The ties between gentle folk are as pure as water; the links between scoundrels are as thick as honey.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Sumer is icumen in,
    Lhude sing cuccu!
    Groweth sed, and bloweth med,
    And springth the wude nu--
    Sing cuccu!”
    —Anonymous. Cuckoo Song (c. 1250)