An Old Song Re-Sung [Poem]

Lyrics written by: W. B. Yeats
Publication date: 1889
Composition date: 1887
Language: English
Comments: An Old Song Re-Sung, or Down by the Salley Gardens, is a poem by William Butler Yeats. It was published in 1889 in his book The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems. Yeats indicated in a note that it was “an attempt to reconstruct an old song from three lines imperfectly remembered by an old peasant woman in the village of Ballisodare, Sligo, who often sings them to herself”. This “old song” is most probably You Rambling Boys of Pleasure.
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An Old Song Re-Sung [Poem]

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An Old Song Re-Sung [Poem] written by W. B. Yeats English 1887
- Down by the Salley Gardens English 1909
  - Rozkvetlé zahrady mé lásky written by Jan Lašťovička Czech November 1994
  - Gje meg handa di written by Sondre Bratland Norwegian Nynorsk 1988

Versions

Down by the Salley Gardens English

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
The Sally Gardens	Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten	April 1944	First recording on January 4, 1944 First release
Down by the Salley Gardens	John McCormack	1941	Unverified
Down by the Sally Gardens	Richard Dyer-Bennet	1955
Down by the Sally Garden	Robin Roberts	1956
Down by the Sally Gardens	Eileen Farrell, George Trovillo	1958
Down by the Sally Gardens	Alfred Deller	1958
Down by the Salley Gardens	Kenneth McKellar - Orchestral Accompaniments directed by Bob Sharples, Piano Accompanist - Clifton …	1960
Sally Gardens	Addiss & Crofut	1964
Down in the Salley Garden	Marianne Faithfull	April 15, 1965
Down by the Salley Gardens	Rima Doner	1967
Sally Gardens	The Triban	1969
The Sally Gardens	Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy	1976
Down by the Sally Gardens	Roger Whittaker	1977
Down by the Sally Gardens	Clannad	1978
The Salley Gardens	James Griffett - Timothy Walker	1980
The Sally Gardens	Jim McCann	1986
The Salley Gardens	Heather Heywood	1987
Down by the Sally Gardens	Mary Duff	October 1988
Down by the Salley Gardens	Courage of Lassie	1989
Down by the Salley Gardens	Tomás MacEoin	1989
Down by the Sally Gardens	The Irish Rovers	1989
The Salley Gardens	The Swingle Singers	1991	A cappella
The Sally Gardens	Louis Philippe with Dean Brodrick	1991
Down by the Salley Gardens	Ronny Kubera	1992
Sally Gardens	The King's Singers	July 20, 1993
Down by the Sally Gardens	The Cambridge Singers with members of the City of London Sinfonia	1993
Down by the Salley Gardens	Finbar Wright	September 11, 1995
The Salley Gardens	Philip Langridge, Graham Johnson	1995
The Salley Gardens	Thomas Allen	1995
Down by the Sally Gardens	The Harvard Krokodiloes	1995
Sally Gardens	Lady Godiva	November 1996
Down by the Sally Gardens	Anne Pack	1996	Unverified
Down by the Salley Gardens	Mae Robertson & Don Jackson	1997
Down by the Salley Gardens	Robin Williamson	1999
Down by the Salley Gardens	Emi Fujita	2001
The Salley Gardens	Andreas Scholl with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra	2001
Down by the Salley Gardens	Todd Menton	November 26, 2002
Down by the Salley Gardens	Wigwam [GB]	2002
Down by the Sally Gardens	MaryLee	2003
Down by the Sally Gardens	Bittersweet & Briers	November 9, 2004	Live
Down by the Sally Garden	Redbird	2005
Down by the Sally Gardens	Órla	January 10, 2006
Down by the Sally Gardens	Méav Ní Mhaolchatha	January 10, 2006
Down by the Sally Gardens	The Zumbyes	May 2006	A cappella
Down by the Salley Gardens	Ariel [US]	2006
Down by the Salley Gardens	Charlie Haden feat. Ruth Cameron	September 23, 2008
Down by the Salley Gardens	Bob & Lynn Dixon	March 31, 2009
Down by the Salley Gardens	Siobhán Owen	September 2009
Down by the Salley Gardens	Björn Casapietra	March 30, 2010
Down by the Sally Gardens	Loreena McKennitt	November 16, 2010
Down by the Salley Gardens	Eleanor McCain	2010
Down by the Salley Gardens	Yao Si Ting	2010
Down by the Sally Gardens	Chanticleer	2010	A cappella
Down by the Salley Gardens	The Whiffenpoofs	April 1, 2011	A cappella
The Sally Gardens	Clare Teal	May 21, 2011
Down by the Salley Gardens	Laura Wright	July 25, 2011
Down by the Salley Gardens	The Waterboys	April 21, 2012
Down by the Salley Gardens	Grace Knight	2012
Down by the Salley Gardens	Peter Hollens	March 10, 2014
Down by the Salley Gardens	Patrice Jégou feat. Cristina Pato	May 6, 2014
Down by the Salley Gardens	Melissa Stylianou	October 28, 2014
Down by the Salley Gardens	Alexander Armstrong	November 2015
Down by the Salley Gardens	Folk is Happening	2015	Unverified
The Salley Gardens	Quartonal	February 3, 2017
Down by the Salley Gardens	Aled Jones	November 2020
The Salley Gardens	Jacqui Dankworth & Brodsky Quartet	February 2022

Down by the Salley Gardens instrumental

	Title	Performer	Release date	Info
i	Down by the Sally Gardens	James Galway and The Chieftains	1987
i	Down by the Salley Gardens	Linn Barnes and Allison Hampton	November 1, 1989
i	Down by the Sally Gardens	Bruce Kurnow	1998
i	The Sally Gardens	Anders Bru	1998
i	Down by the Sally Gardens	Brydenfelt & Hannibal	1999
i	Down by the Sally Gardens	Bonnie Leigh	September 19, 2000
i	Gje meg handa di / In Sally's Garden	Magnolia Jazzband [NO]	2002
i	Down by the Sally Garden	Cady Finlayson	2002
i	Salley Gardens	Joe Meadows with Grandson, Brandon Farley	2002
i	Down by the Salley Gardens	Stefan Schlegel - Alessandro D'Episcopo	2002
i	Down by the Sally Gardens	Allison Hampton	2003
i	Gje meg handa di ven	Geir Breivik	2004
i	The Highlands (Down by the Salley Garden / Danny Boy)	Joshua Messick	July 7, 2005	Medley
i	Down by the Salley Gardens	Tony Gould	2005
i	Down by the Salley Gardens	Peter Pupping	2006	Acoustic
i	Gje meg handa di ven	Arne Kollandsrud	February 9, 2007
i	Gje meg handa di	Mons Leidvin Takle	2007
i	Down by the Salley Gardens	Robin Bullock	2007
i	Down by the Sally Gardens	Lorinda Jones	2008
i	Gje meg handa di, ven (Salley Gardens)	Ola Ohm - Magnhild Mo	November 30, 2009
i	The Salley Gardens	Carisma	2009
i	Down by the Salley Gardens	Amy Kercsmar	December 21, 2010
i	Sally Gardens (Gje meg handa di, ven)	Haakon Esplo	April 29, 2012
i	The Sally Gardens (Gje meg handa di)	Sigmund Groven	October 12, 2012
i	Gje meg handa di, ven	Per Sigmond - Ian Richards	October 31, 2014
i	Gje meg handa di, ven	Kristian Aslak Baasland Carstensen	November 18, 2015
i	The Salley Gardens	Sally Maer	2016
i	Down by the Salley Gardens	Steve Hicks	2019	Unverified
i	Down by the Salley Gardens	Open Blue Sky	January 29, 2020
i	Down by the Salley Gardens	Poella	June 1, 2020

Rozkvetlé zahrady mé lásky written by Jan Lašťovička Czech

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Rozkvetlé zahrady mé lásky	Asonance	November 1994	First release

Gje meg handa di written by Sondre Bratland Norwegian Nynorsk

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Gje meg handa di	Sondre Bratland	1988	First release
Gje meg handa di	Anne Karin Kaasa	1991
Gje meg handa di, ven	Per Vollestad	1997
Gje meg handa di, ven	Ragnhild Tunheim og Jan Huse	1997
Gi meg hånda di	Hanne Krogh	1998
Gje meg handa di, ven	Roy Vorland	August 1999
Gje meg handa di, ven	Bodø Domkirkes Ungdomskor	2001
Gje meg handa di	Bjørn Spydevold	2001
Gje meg handa di, ven	Skarvebarna - Geilo barnegospel - Hol barnegospel	2001
Gje meg handa di	Con Spirit Grenland	2006
Gje meg handa	Merkesteinane	2006
Gje meg handa di	Solfa	2007
Gje meg handa di	Songlaget i BUL i Oslo	2008
Gje meg handa di	Rita Engebretsen og Helge Borglund med venner	2008
Gje meg handa	Helene Bøksle	2009
Gje meg handa di venn	Kurt Nilsen - Helene Bøksle - Kringkastingsorkesteret	November 2010
Gje meg handa di, ven	Harriet Quartet	2010
Gje meg handa di ven	Håkon Renanger - Kristin Håkonsdatter	2011
Gje meg handa di, ven	Anne Vada	November 5, 2013
Gi mæ handa di vænn	Are Hembre	December 2, 2013
Gje meg handa di	Gunstein Draugedalen	April 25, 2014
Gje meg handa di ven	Frøydis Grorud & Trude Kristin Klæboe	August 1, 2015
Gje meg handa di, ven	Askvik5	October 7, 2016