Rose Connelly
Traditional

play this in a 3/4 waltz time with a little swing or syncopation


F (133211@1)                   Bb (x1333x@1)       F (133211@1)                DmDown (xx0231@1)in the willow garden, where me and my love did meet,
F (133211@1)                 Bb (x1333x@1)        F (133211@1)          C7 (x32310@1)   FThere (133211@1)we sat a-courting, and my love dropped off to sleep.
  Bb (x1333x@1)                F (133211@1)       Bb (x1333x@1)                             DmI (xx0231@1)had a bottle of the Burglar's wine, which my true love did not know,
    F (133211@1)                               Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)       C7 (x32310@1)    FAnd (133211@1)there I poisoned that dear little girl down under the banks below.

F (133211@1)                     Bb (x1333x@1)       F (133211@1)           DmI (xx0231@1)stabbed her with a dagger, which was my bloody knife.
F (133211@1)                  Bb (x1333x@1)       F (133211@1)   C7 (x32310@1)     FI (133211@1)threw her in the river, which was a dreadful sight.
   Bb (x1333x@1)              F (133211@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)               DmMy (xx0231@1)father often told me that money would set me free,
     F (133211@1)                           Bb (x1333x@1)        F (133211@1)      C7 (x32310@1)     FIf (133211@1)I would murder that dear little girl, whose name was Rose Connelly.

F (133211@1)                                Bb (x1333x@1)           F (133211@1)         DmBut (xx0231@1)now he sits in his own cottage door, a-wiping his weeping eye,
F (133211@1)                   Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)      C7 (x32310@1)     FA-waiting (133211@1)for his own dear son upon the scaffold high.
   Bb (x1333x@1)                F (133211@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)                   DmMy (xx0231@1)race is run beneath the sun.  Lo, Hell's now waiting for me,
      F (133211@1)                       Bb (x1333x@1)        F (133211@1)      C7 (x32310@1)     FFor (133211@1)I have murdered that girl I love, whose name was Rose Connelly.