G Em Down in the willow gardenG 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 girlG 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 meG Em That money would set me freeG Em If I would murder that dear little girlG D G Whose name was Rose Connelly.G Em My father sits at his cabin door,G Em Wiping his tear dimmed eyes,G Em For his only son soon shall walkG 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 girlG D Em Whose name was Rose Connelly.