laying on my back in the newly mown grass rain is coming down but i know the clouds will pass you bring me tea you say the babe s a sleeping 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 s a seeping lay down my darling love ain t for keeping love love love lay down beside me love ain t for keeping lay down my darling love ain t for keeping laying on my back in the newly mown grass rain is coming down but i know the clouds will pass you bring me tea you say the babe s a sleeping lay down beside me love ain t for keeping lay down my darling love ain t for keeping