(C. Monroe)
Capo: First Fret
Album: Angel Clare (1975)

G                  Em
Down in the willow garden
G                  Em
Where me and my love did meet,
G                  Em
As we set there a courtin',
G             D     G
My love fell off to sleep.

Em             G/f#   G
I had a bottle of burgundy wine,
G                  Em
My love she did not know.
G                  Em
So I poisoned that dear little girl
G      D     G
On the banks below.

G                  Em
I drew a saber through her,
G                  Em
It was a bloody knife,
G                  Em
I threw her in the river,
G              D     G
Which was a dreadful sight.

Em             G/f#   G
My father often had told me
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That money would set me free
G                  Em
If I would murder that dear little girl
G               D     G
Whose name was Rose Connelly.

G                  Em
My father sits at his cabin door,
G                  Em
Wiping his tear dimmed eyes,
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For his only son soon shall walk
G           D     G
To yonder scaffold high.

Em             G/f#   G
My race is run beneath the sun,
G                  Em
The scaffold now waits for me,
G                  Em
For I did murder that dear little girl
G              D       Em
Whose name was Rose Connelly.