The Coolin'
Poem by James Stephens
Music by Ryan O’Connell (b. 1988)
Music by Ryan O’Connell (b. 1988)
Come with me, under my coat,
And we will drink our fill
Of the milk of the white goat,
Or wine, if it be thy will;
And we will talk until
Talk is a trouble, too,
Out on the side of the hill,
And nothing is left to do,
But an eye to look into an eye
And a hand in a hand to slip,
And a sigh to answer a sigh,
And a lip to find out a lip:
What if the night be black
And the air on the mountain chill,
And all but the fern is still!
Stay with me under my coat.
And we will drink our fill
Of the milk of the white goat
Out on the side of the hill.
And we will drink our fill
Of the milk of the white goat,
Or wine, if it be thy will;
And we will talk until
Talk is a trouble, too,
Out on the side of the hill,
And nothing is left to do,
But an eye to look into an eye
And a hand in a hand to slip,
And a sigh to answer a sigh,
And a lip to find out a lip:
What if the night be black
And the air on the mountain chill,
And all but the fern is still!
Stay with me under my coat.
And we will drink our fill
Of the milk of the white goat
Out on the side of the hill.
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Dr. Meredith M. Brammeier, Composer, is Professor of Music at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California, where she coordinates the music theory and musicianship programs. She earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition from the Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California, in August, 2000. Dr. Brammeier is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where she received a Master of Music in Composition degree in 1995, and Princeton University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Music degree in 1992.
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