Down by the Salley Gardens Themes

The speaker is busy looking back to his youthful days of yonder in "Down by the Salley Gardens," so we know we're dealing with some ideas related to memory and the past. Since the ballad is about y...

Love is one of those things that can be the most amazing part of life when things are going well and also the toughest when things go bad. "Down by the Salley Gardens" gives us a perfect scenario o...

The speaker of "Down in the Salley Gardens" makes young love out to be a kind of fairytale nestled in willow trees and pretty rivers. All that's missing are the rainbows and unicorns. But then real...