Johnny - Down in the Willow Garden (traditional)

A classic murder ballad.
Lyrics:
Down in the willow garden
Where me and my love did meet
And there we sat a courting
My love fell off to sleep
I had a bottle of burgundy wine
My love she did not know
And there I poisoned that dear little girl
Down by the banks below
I drew my saber through her
It was a bloody knife
I threw her in the river
It was a dreadful sight
My father often told me
That money would set me free
If I did murder that dear little girl
Whose name was Rose Connelly
Now he sits in his own cabin door
A-wiping his tear-brimmed eye
Weeping for his only son
On yonder scaffold high
My race is run beneath the sun
The devil is waiting for me
For I murdered that dear little girl
Whose name was Rose Connelly

[@ryssijussi1]

Nice version!

[@johnnyandthedinosaurs]

Thanks!

[@nanivazana]

:)