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Down In The Willow Garden
Old Irish Classic also known as Rose Connelly (or Rose Connolly)
Recorded by Charlie Monroe, the Osborne Brothers, Art Garfunkel, Bon Iver, Moriarty and many others
As played by the great Tim O'Brien (on the Irish Bouzouki)       
Down Gin the willow gaEmrden
Where mGe and my love did Emmeet
And therGe we sat a courCting
My love Gfell ofDf to sGleep
I hCad a bottle of Gburgundy wEmine
My love Gshe did not Emknow
And Gthere I poisoned that dear little Cgirl
Down Gby the Dbanks belGow
I drew my saber through Emher
It wGas a bloody kEmnife
I Gthrew her in the rCiver
It wGas a dreaDdful siGght
My fCather ofteGn told Emme
That mGoney would set me Emfree
If I did mGurder that dear little gCirl
Whose Gname was DRose ConneGlly
Now he sits in his own Emcabin door
A-Gwiping his tear-brimmed Emeye
GWeeping for his only sCon
On Gyonder scafDfold hiGgh
My Emrace is run beGneath the Emsun
The Gdevil is waiting for Emme
For GI murdered that dear little Cgirl
Whose Gname was RDose ConneGlly 

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Down In The Willow Garden

by Misc Traditional

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Down In The Willow Garden

Old Irish Classic also known as Rose Connelly (or Rose Connolly)

Recorded by Charlie Monroe, the Osborne Brothers, Art Garfunkel, Bon Iver, Moriarty and many others

As played by the great Tim O'Brien (on the Irish Bouzouki)

G Em

Down in the willow garden

G Em

Where me and my love did meet

G C

And there we sat a courting

G D G

My love fell off to sleep

C G Em

I had a bottle of burgundy wine

G Em

My love she did not know

G C

And there I poisoned that dear little girl

G D G

Down by the banks below

I drew my saber through her

G Em

It was a bloody knife

G C

I threw her in the river

G D G

It was a dreadful sight

C G Em

My father often told me

G Em

That money would set me free

G C

If I did murder that dear little girl

G D G

Whose name was Rose Connelly

Now he sits in his own cabin door

G Em

A-wiping his tear-brimmed eye

G C

Weeping for his only son

G D G

On yonder scaffold high

Em G Em

My race is run beneath the sun

G Em

The devil is waiting for me

G C

For I murdered that dear little girl

G D G

Whose name was Rose Connelly

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