Twee van Wales grootste zonen, componist John Cale en dichter Dylan Thomas, over hun jeugd in Wales. Wonderlijk, warm en poëtisch, maar ook absurd en soms dreigend (Take down the flags of ownership/The walls are falling down). De song van Cale is afkomstig van zijn prachtige, barokke album Paris 1919. Meer voordrachten uit eigen werk door Dylan Thomas vind je bij Open Culture.
With mistletoe and candle green
To Halloween we go
Ten murdered oranges bled on board ship
Lend comedy to shame
The cattle graze bold uprightly
Seducing down the door
To saddle swords and meeting place
We have no place to go
Then wearily the footsteps worked
The hallelujah crowds
Too late but wait, the long legged bait
Tripped uselessly around
Sebastopol Adrianapolis
The prayers of all combined
Take down the flags of ownership
The walls are falling down
A belt to hold
Columbus too, perimeters of nails
Perceived the Mama’s golden touch
Good neighbors were we all
