Down In The Willow Garden Aka Rose Connelly Chords
Down In The Willow Garden Aka Rose Connelly by Misc Traditional is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
C F C Am C Am
Down in the willow garden, where me and my true love did meet
C F C Am C G C
As we sat a-courtin', my love fell off to sleep
Am C Am C Am
I had a bottle of burglar’s* wine, my love she did not know
C F C Am C G C
And there I poisoned that dear little girl, along the banks below
verse 2
C F C Am C Am
I drew a sabre through her, it was a bloody knife
C F C Am C G C
I threw her in the river, which was a dreadful sight
Am C Am C Am
My father often told me, that money would set me free
C F C Am C Am
If I would murder that dear little girl, whose name was Rose Connelly
verse 3
C F C Am C Am
Father sits at his cabin door, wiping his tear-dimmed eyes
C F C Am C G C
For his only son soon shall walk, to yonder scaffold high
Am C Am C Am
My race is run, beneath the sun, the scaffold now waits for me
C F C Am C Am
For I did murder that dear little girl, whose name was Rose Connelly