Layin' on my back   In the newly mown grass   Rain is coming down   But the clouds will pass      The seeds are bursting   The spring is seeping   Lay down my darling   Love ain't for keeping      Black ash from the foundry   Hangs like a hood   But the air is perfumed   By the burning firewood      You bring me tea   Say, "The babe's a-sleepin'"   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      Love ain't for keeping below   Love ain't for keeping   Lay down, lay down   Lay down my darling      No no no, no keeping love   No no no, no keeping love   No keeping love   No no, no keeping love   No no no      Lay down beside me   Love ain't for keeping   Lay down my darling   Love ain't for keeping