Down by the sally gardens My love and I did meet She passed the sally gardens With little snow-white feet She bid me to take love easy As the leaves grow on the trees 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 her leaning shoulder She laid her snow-white hand She bid me to take life easy As the grass grows on the weirs But I was young and foolish a Nd now I am full of tears
Down by the sally gardens My love and I did meet She passed the sally gardens With little snow-white feet She bid me to take love easy As the leaves grow on the trees But I being young and foolish With her would not agree
Compositor: Traditional; lyrics by W.B. Yeats; arranged by Clannad