Down In The Willow Garden (with lyrics) - Tim O'Brien w/ Paul Brady скачать видео бесплатно

Here is a sad ballad with a death by triple means: poison, stabbing, & drowning. It is overkill, though it is lovely. This is "Down In The Willow Garden" from Tim O'Brien's cd, "The Crossing." It is done as an Appalachian mountain ballad though it comes originally from Ireland. It wasn't a well known ballad and ended up in a region of West Virginia only. Old Timers think that an Irish peddler came through the area and taught the song. It has similarities with other ballads from Ireland (The Wexford Girl being one), and is played to the tune of "Rosin the Bow" in 3/4 time. (I read this. I am NOT a musician. If there are any arguments to this, please let me know!) This is also known as "Rose Connolly" and "Rose Conelly". It is thought she was of lower station than the boy, and the father thought he could get his son off if he murdered his pregnant lover. Money doesn't buy everything all the time. Enjoy! Check out Tim's site: http://timobrien.net/

Tim O'Brien - Down In The Willow Garden lyrics, Traditional:

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Down in the willow garden

Where me and my true love did meet

It was there we went a courting

My love fell off to sleep

I had a bottle of burgundy wine

My true love she did not know

It was there I murdered that dear little girl

Down on the banks below

I drew my saber through her

It was a bloody knife

I threw her into the river

It was an awful sight

My father often told me

That money would set me free

If I'd but murder that dear little girl

Who's name was Rose Connely

Now he stands at his cabin door

Wiping his tear dimmed eye

Gazing on his own dear son

Upon the gallows high

My race is run beneath the sun

The devil is waiting for me

For I did murder that dear little girl

Who's name was Rose Connely