Down in the Willow Garden

[Verse 1: Rufus Wainwright & Brandi Carlile]

Down in the willow garden

Where me and my love did meet

As we sat a courtin'

My love fell off to sleep

[Verse 2: Rufus Wainwright & Brandi Carlile]

I had a bottle of Burgundy wine

My love, she did not know

So, I poisoned that dear little girl

On the banks below

[Verse 3: Rufus Wainwright & Brandi Carlile]

I drew a saber through her

It was a bloody knife

I threw her in the river

Which was a dreadful sight

[Verse 4: Rufus Wainwright & Brandi Carlile]

My father often told me

That money would set me free

If I would murder that dear little girl

Whose name was Rose Connolly

[Verse 5: Rufus Wainwright & Brandi Carlile]

My father sits at his cabin door

Wiping his tear-dimmed eyes

For his only son soon shall walk

To yonder scaffold high

[Verse 6: Rufus Wainwright & Brandi Carlile]

My race is run, beneath the sun

The scaffold now waits for me

For I did murder that dear little girl

Whose name was Rose Connolly