Layin' on my back
 In the newly mown grass
 Rain is coming down
 But I know the clouds will pass
 You bring me tea
 Say "the babe's 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
 The seeds are bursting
 The spring is seeping
 Lay down beside me
 Love ain't for keeping
 Lay down
Love ain't for keeping

 Lay down beside me
 Love ain't for keeping
 Lay down my darling
 Love ain't for keeping