这首闻名遐迩的歌曲，是根据诗人威廉·巴特勒·叶芝的同名诗歌〈Down By the Salley Garden〉谱曲而成，最初翻译为《柳园里》。为广大歌手所翻唱。


这首歌的意境不必用文字来描述，也不应该用文字来描述。只有当你静下心来亲耳听一遍，才能感受那沁人心脾的旋律，找到最初的自我。


Down by the Salley Gardens my love and I did meet
我曾和我的挚爱相遇在莎园中
She passed the Salley Gardens with little snow-white feet
她踏著雪白的纤纤玉足，轻轻走过莎园
She did me take love easy as the leaves grow on the tree
她要我简单的追求真爱，就像大树长出树叶一般自然
But I being young and foolish with her did not agree
但我是那么的年轻愚笨，从来没有听从过她的心声
In a field by the river my love and I did stand
我曾和我的挚爱并肩伫立在河畔的旷野上
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand
她把她嫩白的小手，搭在我那微微倾斜的肩膀上
She bid me take life easy as the grass grows on the weirs
她要我简单的去生活，就像那生长在河畔的韧草一般
But I was young and foolish and now am full of tears
但我是那么的年轻愚笨， 现在唯有泪水涟涟，感怀满襟