Willow Garden
Shakey Graves * Track #2 On Story of My Life
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A traditional Appalachian ballad, “Willow Garden” (generally referred to as “Down in the Willow Garden” or “Rose Connelly”) tells the tale of a man who poisons and stabs his lover, consequently facing his own death soon after. Although other artists released versions of the song, the ballad was made...
Willow Garden Lyrics
Down in the willow garden
Where me and my love did meet
There we sat a-courting
My love fell off to sleep
I had a bottle of burgundy wine
Which my true love did not know
And there I poisoned that dear little girl
Down by the banks below
I drew my saber through her
Which was a bloody knife
I threw her in the river
Which was an awful sight
My father often told me
That money would set me free
If I would murder that dear little girl
Whose name was Rose Connolly
Well now he sits by his cabin door
Oh, wiping his tear-drowned eyes
Mourning for his only son
Out on the scaffold, high
My race is run beneath this sun
The devil is waiting for me
For I did murder that dear little girl
Whose name was Rose Connolly
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When did Shakey Graves release Willow Garden?
Shakey Graves released Willow Garden on Sat Feb 09 2013.