Down by the Sally Gardens
Soulful Reflections: Love's Lessons in Sally Gardens
Lyrics
It was down by the Sally gardens
Setting the scene in the Sally Gardens.
My love and I did meet
Expressing a meeting between the speaker and their love.
She crossed the Sally gardens
Describing the movement of the lover through the gardens.
With little snow-white feet
Highlighting the delicate and pure nature of the lover's feet.
She bid me to take life easy
Love encourages the speaker to live a carefree life.
As the leaves grow on the tree
Using nature (leaves on a tree) as a metaphor for an easy life.
But I was young and foolish
Confession of the speaker's youthful recklessness.
And her I did not agree
The speaker disagreed with the lover's advice.
In a field down by the river
Describing a moment in a field by the river.
My love and I did stand
Reiteration of the meeting with the lover in a natural setting.
And upon my leaning shoulder
Physical closeness with the lover placing a hand on the speaker's shoulder.
She laid her snow-white hand
Emphasizing the purity of the lover's hand (snow-white).
She bid me take life easy
Reiteration of the lover's advice to live easily.
As the grass grows on the weirs
Using grass growing on weirs as a metaphor for an easy life.
But I was young and foolish
Revelation of the consequences of the speaker's past foolishness.
And now I am full of tears
Expressing regret and sorrow for not heeding the lover's advice.
It was down by the Sally gardens
Return to the Sally Gardens as a symbolic location for love and regret.
My love and I did meet
Recalling another meeting between the speaker and their love.
She crossed the Sally gardens
Repetition of the lover's movement through the gardens.
With little snow-white feet
Reiteration of the lover's pure and delicate feet.
She bid me to take life easy
Repetition of the lover's advice to take life easy.
As the leaves grow on the tree
Reiteration of the metaphor using leaves growing on a tree.
But I was young and foolish
Reiteration of the speaker's past foolishness.
And her I did not agree
Reaffirmation of the speaker's disagreement with the lover.
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