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Down By The Salley Gardens     Credits: Traditional; arranged by Andreja Malir     Appears On: A Celtic Journey     Language: English     Other Versions: "The Salley Gardens" on Anúna's album Anúna 2002 "Down By The Sally Gardens" on Clannad's album Clannad In Concert "Down By The Sally Gardens" on Órla Fallon's album The Water Is Wide

Lyrics:

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 did 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