An old song re‑sung

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,
And now am full of tears.

by William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) , "An old song re-sung", from The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems, published 1889

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Samuel Hans Adler (1928-) , "But I was young and foolish", from Three Songs, no. 1.
by Allan Blank (1925-) , "Down by the Salley Gardens" [medium voice and piano]
by James Brash , "Down by the Salley Gardens", published 1945. [voice and piano]
by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) , "The Salley Gardens", published 1943. [high voice and piano]
by Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) , "Down by the Salley Gardens", 1919, published 1924. [voice and piano]
by June Harple Collins (1915?-) , "Down by the Salley Gardens", published 1929 [baritone (or alto and baritone duet) and piano], from Two Songs, no. ?
by Alan DeBeer , "Down by the Salley Gardens", published <<1940.
by Alice Decevee (1904-) , "Down by the Salley Gardens", published <<1940.
by Elaine M. Erickson (1941-) , "Down by the Salley Gardens" [soprano or tenor and string orchestra]
by Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) , "The Salley Gardens"
by Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) , "Down by the Salley Gardens", published 1938. [voice and piano]
by Irvin Hinchliffe , "Down by the Salley Gardens", published 1931, copyright © 1943. [voice and piano]
by Herbert Hughes (1882-1937) , "Down by the Salley Gardens", published 1909 [voice and piano], note: an arrangement based on a traditional melody
by John Ireland (1879-1962) , "The Salley Gardens", 1929-31, published 1934 [voice and piano], from Songs Sacred and Profound, no. 4.
by Ellen Mandel , "Down by the Salley Gardens"
by Diana Methold , "Down by the Salley Gardens", published 1937. [voice and piano]
by Mary Plumstead (1905-1980) , "Down by the Salley Gardens", published 1951. [voice and piano]
by Irena Regina Poldowski, née Wieniawski (1880-1932) , "Down by the Salley Gardens", published 1900. [voice and piano]
by Robert Leon Rollin (1947-) , "Down by the Salley Gardens" [baritone, flute, oboe, piano], from Four Songs of Dreams and Love, no. ?
by Martin Edward Fallas Shaw (1875-1958) , "Down by the Salley Gardens", published 1919. [baritone voices and piano]
by Henry Stanley Taylor , "Down by the Salley Gardens", published 1963. [voice and piano (or harp) with recorder ad libitum]

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