Down by the Salley Gardens

#downbythesalleygardens #irishmusic #caitlingrey ’Down By The Salley Gardens’ taken from Caitlin’s brand new Celtic/Folk EP, ’Sky West & Crooked. Out on April 25th Pre-save on Spotify here. ’Down By The Salley Gardens’ is favourite song from my childhood and I’m so thrilled that we have finally done a version for release! Caitlin xx The lyrics are taken from a poem by William Butler Yeats. Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet; She passed the salley 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 would 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,