Songs of the West

Part 2 — No 105 WITHIN A GARDEN

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H.F.S.

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1 Within a garden a maiden lingered, When soft the shades of evening fell, Expecting, fearing, A footstep hearing, Her love appearing, To say farewell. 2 With sighs and sorrow their vows they plighted One more embrace, one last adieu; Tho' seas divide, love, In this confide, love, Whate'er betide, love, To thee I'm true. 3 Long years are over, and still the maiden Seeks oft at eve the trysting tree; Her promise keeping, And, faithful, weeping, Her lost love sleeping Across the sea.

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · 105. Within A Garden. Taken down from Harry Smith, Two Bridges, Dartmoor. The original words were so poor, and so closely resembled those of