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Down by the Sally Gardens
Staff Notation • Secular, Folk songs
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Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
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Down by the Sally Gardens — Lyrics
Down by the Salley gardens
My love and I did meet;
She passed the Salley gardens
With little snowwhite 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.
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About Down by the Sally Gardens
This arrangement of the traditional Irish folk song, Down by the Sally Gardens, paints a poignant scene of lost love. The lyrics recall a meeting by the Salley gardens where the narrator's love advised him to take life and love easily, like the natural growth of leaves and grass. However, the young and foolish narrator did not agree, and now, standing by the river, he is filled with tears for what has been lost. The arrangement for SSATB voices brings this tender and melancholic story to life in English, offering a rich texture for exploring the emotional narrative of regret and remembrance.
