Layin' on my back in the newly mown grass

Rain's coming down but I know the clouds will pass

You bring me tea

Sayin' "Babes a-sleepin"

Lay down beside me

Love ain't for keeping

Black ash from the foundry

Hangs like a hood

But the air is perfumed

By the burning firewood

Seeds a-bursting

Spring's a-seeping

Lay down my darling

Love ain't for keeping

Lay down beside me

Love ain't for keeping

Lay down beside me

Love ain't for keeping

Lay down my darling

Love ain't for keeping