The Sally Gardens (Listen to midi)

 

                C                            F  C            F     C   G         C         

1. ’Twas down by the Sally Gardens my love and I did meet,

             C                         F   C            F C     G              C

    she passed the Sally Gardens with little snow-white feet.

            Am       F            Em              Am               D7         F   - G7  

    She bid me take love easy as the leaves grow on the tree,

         C                              F   C           F    C   G       C 

    but I  being young and foolish with her did not agree.

 

            C                         F C        F      C  G        C         

2. In a field down by the river my love and I did stand,

            C                        F    C          F     C     G              C         

    and on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.

           Am        F          Em                Am             D7         F    - G7  

    She bid me take life easy as the grass grows on the weirs,

         C                           F  C             F    C   G       C         

    but I was young and foolish and now am full of tears.

 

+ instrumental = verse   + repeat verse 1

 

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