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)

    “Now that you are laid out,
    useless as a blind dog,
    now that you no longer lurk,
    the song rings in my head.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)