Down by the Salley gardens (Traditional)
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- Editor: Anne Dubrofsky (added 2003-05-29). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 84 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: arr. Herbert Hughes
General Information
Title: Down by the Sally Gardens
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Lyricist: William Butler Yeats
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Baritone solo
Genre: Secular, Folksong
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
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Original text and translations
English text
1.
Down by the sally gardens
My love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens
With little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy,
As the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish,
With her would not agree.
2.
In a field by the river
My love and I did stand,
And on my leaning shoulder
She laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy,
As the grass grows on the weirs;
But I was young and foolish,
And now am full of tears.