The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #13144   Message #2872471
Posted By: GUEST,Longlankin
26-Mar-10 - 11:18 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Sally Gardens / Salley Gardens
Subject: RE: Origin: Sally Gardens
"When I was One and Twenty" is from Houseman's "Shropshire Lad". Like a number of Houseman's poems it makes a nice little song on its own (and has been set to music by Butterworth). Sally Gardens is also a good enough song to stand on its own. They both deserve better than being tagged on to each other to make it a decent length song (what is a decent length for a song anyway?).