Friday, March 4, 2016

"Down by the Salley Gardens" - by William Butler Yeats


W B Yeats  (1865-1939)
 
Down By the Salley Gardens
   by William Butler Yeats
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Down by the salley 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.

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.  
 
"Down by the Salley Gardens"
sung by Maura O'Connell
     and Karen Matheson


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