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