Down in the Willow Garden - (C. Monroe) Intro: Repeat 4 G Em G D G Em Down in the willow garden, G Em Where me and my love did meet. G D G Em As we set there a' courtin', G D G My love fell off to sleep. Em G Em I had a bottle of burgundy wine, G Em My love she did not know. G D G Em And so I poisoned that dear little girl, G D G On the banks below. D G Em I drew a sabre through her, G Em It was a bloody knife. G D G Em I threw her in the river, G D G Which was a dreadful sight. Em G Em My father often had told me, G Em That money would set me free. G D G Em If I would murder that dear little girl, G D G Whose name was Rose Connelly. D G Em My father sits at his cabin door, G Em Wiping his tear-dimmed eyes. G D G Em For his only son soon shall walk, G D G To yonder scaffold high. Em G Em My race is run beneath the sun, G Em The scaffold now waits for me. G D G Em For I did murder that dear little girl, G D Em Whose name was Rose Connelly. Outtro: Repeat and fade G Em