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Thread #13144 Message #2870789
Posted By: Tom - Swords & Songs
24-Mar-10 - 11:15 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Sally Gardens / Salley Gardens
Subject: RE: Origin: Sally Gardens
This is probably totally irrelevant, but when I first heard the song, it had the standard two verses:
'Down by the Sally Gardens...
and
'In a field by the river...
But it also had two verses by A E Houseman:
'When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
'Give crowns and pounds and jewels
But not your heart away;
Give pearls away and rubies
But keep your fancy free.'
But I was one-and-twenty,
And so did not agree.
When I was one-and-twenty
I heard him say again,
'The heart out of the bosom
Was never given in vain;
'Tis paid with sighs a plenty
And sold for endless rue.'
Now I am two-and-twenty,
And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.
And I always thought this was a nice bit to have on the end of a relatively short song.
Tom