This tune is one of the melodies associated with the song “Down by the Sally Gardens.” W.B. Yeats adapted the lyrics from a traditional song he had heard in his youth, though he could not recall its exact title. He published the poem under the name “An Old Song Re-Sung.” In 1909, composer Herbert Hughes set Yeats’ poem to music, using the traditional air “The Maids of Mourne Shore” as the melody. The song’s title, “Down by the Sally Gardens,” was taken from the poem’s opening line.