"Down by the Salley Gardens" (Irish: Gort na Saileán) is a poem by William Butler Yeats published in
The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems in 1889. History : 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, County Sligo, who often sings them to herself." The "old song" may have been the ballad "The Rambling Boys of Pleasure"
Arranged for Lever Harp by Eve McTelenn
The PDF contains :
Background of the Piece
Original version without fingerings help
Eve Mctelenn’s Help Version with fingering suggestions.
Key of D - 27 Strings Harp & Beginner / Early Intermediate Friendly
All Versions - No lever changes. Length: 3/4 pages
"Down by the Salley Gardens" (Irish: Gort na Saileán) is a poem by William Butler Yeats published in
The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems in 1889. History : 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, County Sligo, who often sings them to herself." The "old song" may have been the ballad "The Rambling Boys of Pleasure"
Arranged for Lever Harp by Eve McTelenn
The PDF contains :
Background of the Piece
Original version without fingerings help
Eve Mctelenn’s Help Version with fingering suggestions.
Key of D - 27 Strings Harp & Beginner / Early Intermediate Friendly
All Versions - No lever changes. Length: 3/4 pages