William Butler Yeats

DOWN BY THE SALLY GARDENS

1.

Down by the Sally Gardens
My love and I did meet
She passed the Sally Gardens,
With little snow-white feet.
She bid me take life easy,
As the leaves grow on the trees.
But I being young and foolish,
With her would not agree.

2.

In a field by the river,
My love and I did stand.
And on my leaning shoulder,
She placed her snow white hand.
She bid me take love easy,
As the grass grows on the weirs.
But I being Young and foolish,
And now am full of tears.