Down by the Sally Gardens-Maura O’Connell with Karen Matheson

Maura O’Connell (with Karen Matheson) performs W.B. Yeats’ Down by the Sally Gardens on Season 2 of BBC/RTE co-production: TransAtlantic Sessions. Lyrics below. 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 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. Repeat #2