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McGarrigle's song is about the legend of Proserpina, an ancient Roman goddess whose story of being carried off to the underworld by Pluto, only for him to later agree she could spend nine months of the year with her mother, is the basis of a myth of Springtime.
Proserpina Lyrics: Prosepina, Prosepina, come home to momma, come home to momma / Prosepina, Prosepina, come home to mother, come home to momma now / I shall punish the Earth, I shall...
Listen to Proserpina by Kate McGarrigle, Martha Wainwright & Sloan Wainwright. See lyrics and music videos, find Kate McGarrigle, Martha Wainwright & Sloan Wainwright tour dates, buy concert tickets, and more!
Jun 2, 2016 · ""Proserpina" is the last song Wainwright's mother Kate McGarrigle wrote before dying of cancer, and it was first heard a performance at the Royal Albert Hall by McGarrigle in December of 2009, just weeks before her death." (Katherine St. Asaph, pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17181-come-home-to-mama (album review)).
