Brandeis's commencement is way cooler than yours

But, um ... isn't that a slightly odd choice of song for the occasion? (Then again, unemployment, alienation, and despair might be about accurate, these days...)

"These Late Eclipses," Part 2

Part 1 is here.

Kent's dialogue with the Gentleman is abridged from King Lear 4.3. The Fool's song is adapted from Child Ballad 10 ("The Twa Sisters" -- better known to Loreena McKennitt fans as "The Bonny Swans"). I'm not sure who originated the theory about the Fool that I have borrowed here; I don't buy it as canon by any means, but it worked surprisingly well for this particular story.

( Part 2: And Straight It Began to Play Alone )