Down in the Willow Garden

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C#Down in the willow garden,

where me and my love did Bbmmeet

As C#we sat a-courtin',

my Bbmlove fell G#off to C#sleep

I Bbmhad a bottle of burgundy wine,

my love she did not know

So C#I did poison that dear little Bbmgirl,

C#along the G#banks C#below

I drew a sabre through her,

it was a bloody knife

I threw her in the river,

which was a dreadful sight

My father often told me,

that money would set me free

If I would murder that dear little girl,

whose name was Rose Connolly

My father sits at his cabin door,

wiping his tear-dimmed eyes

For his only son soon shall walk,

to yonder scaffold high

My race is run, beneath the sun,

the scaffold now waits for me

For I did murder that dear little girl,

whose name was Rose Connelly