Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet She did me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree
In a filed by the river my love and I did stand And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snows-white hand She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs But I was young and foolish, and now I am full of tears
Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet She did me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree
Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet She did me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree
In a filed by the river my love and I did stand And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snows-white hand She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs But I was young and foolish, and now I am full of tears
Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet She did me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree