My love and I did meet
She crossed the Sally gardens
With little snow-white feet
As the leaves grow on the tree
But I was young and foolish
And her I did not agree …”
“Down the Sally Gardens”:
Basketry was an important craft in human culture throughout the world.
Here are a few examples of willow weaving inspired by old traditions,
made by members of the Great Basin Basketmakers Guild (Nevada, USA):
Time to take a seat and relax with “La rosa y el sauce”
(The Rose and the Willow) by Argentinian composer
Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000). Original music set to a poem by
Francisco Silva y Valdés (1887-1975), describing how the willow weeps
after its entwined rose is cut off.
Here is a beautiful arrangement for viola and piano:
(To watch – click on YouTube)
“Weeping willow tree
Weep in sympathy …“
Lyrics & Music: Ann Ronell (1905-1993)
“Willow Weep for Me” by Ronell in Ella Fitzgerald’s soothing voice:
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