verse 1 

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Down in the willow garden, where me and my true love did meet 
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As we sat a-courtin', my love fell off to sleep 
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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 

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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 
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My father often told me, that money would set me free 
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If I would murder that dear little girl, whose name was Rose Connelly  


verse 3 

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Father sits at his cabin door, wiping his tear-dimmed eyes 
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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 
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For I did murder that dear little girl, whose name was Rose Connelly