Andrea Gerak: Salley Gardens (acapella)

Andrea Gerak Hungarian singer singing the famous Irish song Salley Gardens, from her latest acapella album This Way, Sweetheart! http://andreagerak.com/music-43.html

A poem by William Butler Yeats, published in The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems in 1889. Yeats indicated in a note that it was "an attempt to reconstruct an old song from three lines imperfectly remembered by an old peasant woman in the village of Ballisodare, Sligo, who often sings them to herself." Yeats's original title, "An Old Song Re-Sung", reflected this; it first appeared under its present title when it was reprinted in Poems in 1895.

"Salley" is an anglicization of the Irish "saileach", meaning willow, i.e., a tree of the genus Salix. Willows are known as "salleys", "sallies" or "salley trees" in parts of Ireland.

Lyrics:

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 did not agree.

In a field down 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.

Credits: Andrea Gerak - vocals, some of the photos, video

Special thanks to Flickerians for more photos:
Darren Larson http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenlarson/230701443
Big Sky Photography http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfhound/635585054
nznomad http://www.flickr.com/photos/64672616@N00/26949896
vgm8383 http://www.flickr.com/photos/vgm8383/2335855499
Janusz Leszczynszki http://www.flickr.com/photos/januszbc/3631161847
Griangraf http://www.flickr.com/photos/60339214@N00/3252481375
Chad K http://www.flickr.com/photos/chad_k/3780202336
theq47 http://www.flickr.com/photos/theq47/158857584
Kathy McEldowney http://www.flickr.com/photos/k2d2vaca/465249491

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