![]() Meantime, here is another lovely rendition of Salley Gardens, this time a vocal version, by Laura Wright: If I have time, I'll make more keys available for this piano accompaniment. Please scroll down the page for the download links. ![]() Here is my own piano accompaniment for this lovely song: But the origins of a piece should not be lost. Irish, Scottish, American, English folk musicians borrow songs and instrumental pieces from each other. This tends to happen with most folk songs. There may be many versions of the song recorded by English musicians. ![]() This was a response to 200 years or more of repression of Irish language, music, sport, poetry etc. Yeats was among those at the forefront of an Irish cultural revival which was taking place at the time. This would, however, completely ignore the social and cultural background of the country at the time. It could technically be described as a British song, because at the time, Ireland was being governed from London. It was written in 1889, before Ireland became independent from the United Kingdom. Perhaps I might be wrong here, but the song “The Sally Gardens” is an Irish song, not an English song. Steven from Ireland is pretty sure this is NOT an English song, but an Irish tune: Is Down by the Sally Gardens a folk song? Perhaps the tune is, but the words by Yeats are less than 150 years old. There are about 100 songs in this book, including a few I have on this site, often with different melodies or lyrics. ![]() It just goes to show you that good music is going to be loved, if given a chance.įortunately, I found an arrangement in this Folk Songs of England, Ireland, Scotland, & Wales. You never know just how particular students will react to a new song, especially a song as old-fashioned as this one.īut I actually had a young singer once beg me for "Down by the Salley Gardens" after she had been introduced to it at a summer Fine Arts Camp. ![]()
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