Down In The Willow Garden Lyrics

Art garfunkel lead vocals larry knechtal piano jerry garci.

Down in the willow garden lyrics. Down in the willow garden where me and my love did meet as we set there a courtin my love fell off to sleep. Here is a sad ballad with a death by triple means. I had a bottle of burgundy wine my love she did not know.

He gave her poisoned wine stabbed her and threw her in a river. It is overkill though it is lovely. Written by charles monroe and record by art in 1973 at grace cathedral new york.

My father oft. Once she lost her senses to the drug he stabbed her then tossed the body and the blade into the river. I drew my saber through her which was a bloody knife i threw her in the river which was an awful sight.

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. Down in the willow garden lyrics. Many folks know it as rose connelly.

Poison stabbing drowning. Down in the willow garden tells the story of a man who gave his lover wine that was drugged. It originated in the 19th century probably in ireland before becoming established in the united states.

This is down in the willow garden fro. Down in the willow garden is an old traditional appalachian killin song. Down in the willow garden where me and my love did meet as we sat a courtin my love fell off to sleep i had a bottle of burgundy wine my love she did not know so i poisoned that dear little girl on the banks below i drew a sabre through her it was a bloody knife i threw her in the river which was a dreadful sign my father often told me.