The Willow Garden Lyrics - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

Down in the willow garden, me and my love did meet 

And as we sat courting, 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 along the banks below 

Along the banks below 

I drew my saber through her, it was a bloody night 

I threw her in the river, which was a dreadful sight 

My father often told me that money would set me free 

So I murdered that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly 

Whose name was Rose Connelly 

My father sits at his cabin door, wiping his tear-dimmed eyes 

His only son soon should walk to yonder scaffold high 

My race is run beneath the sun, scaffold now waits for me 

For I did murder that dear little girl, whose name was Rose Connelly 

Whose name was Rose Connelly, whose name was Rose Connelly