Down By The Salley Garden Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ronniemilsap 

Cover art for Down By The Salley Garden lyrics by Marianne Faithfull

my college mate and i have a debate on the first sentence:

the poet come to the salley garden where he and his love used to meet

or

the poet and his lover used to meet in the garden

i tend to the last one

tell me your opinion please.thanks!

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