WT2014
Down by the salley gardens
SATB
performance time approx 2m 00s
words by W B Yeats (1865-1939)
traditional Irish tune arranged by Frances Cockburn
for soprano, alto, tenor and bass chorus
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Down by the salley gardens
This is a beautiful song of love and regret. The singing should bring out both the lover's advice and the bitter consequences of ignoring it.
Words
Down by the salley gardens
Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
[
salley - willow]
She passed the salley gardens on 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.
W B Yeats
The words of W B Yeats are set to music and reproduced by
permission of A P Watt Limited on behalf of Michael B Yeats.
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