Name: Willow Garden
Duration: P00H03M41S
Description: Appalachian murder ballad with likely origins in Galway, Ireland. Collected by Cecil Sharp in 1918. We learned of this song from our dear friend and fellow musician Ben Stewart, in Athens, OH.

Willow Garden

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Appalachian murder ballad with likely origins in Galway, Ireland. Collected by Cecil Sharp in 1918. We learned of this song from our dear friend and fellow musician Ben Stewart, in Athens, OH.

lyrics

Down in the willow garden where me and my love did meet
It was there we sat a’courtin’, my love, she fell off to sleep.
I had a bottle of barley wine, which my love did not know.
It was there I murdered that dear little girl down by the banks below.

I drew my saber through her, it was a bloody knife.
I threw her in the river, it was an awful sight.
My father often told me that money would set me free,
So I did murder that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly.

Now my father sits at his cabin door wiping his tear-worn eyes.
For his only son soon shall walk upon that scaffold high.
My race is run beneath the sun, the Devil is waiting for me,
For I did murder that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly.

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from The Chivalrous Crickets, track released July 1, 2020
Fiona Gillespie - vocals, whistle; Genevieve Gillespie King - vocals, fiddle; Bradley King - vocals, bass; Paul Holmes Morton - vocals, banjo;
music and lyrics: traditional American

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The Chivalrous Crickets New York, New York

The Chivalrous Crickets is an exciting young band
exploring the roots, branches, and crossroads of Celtic, English, and American folk music,
with a focus on boldly reimagined arrangements of standards,
and original songs with traditional influence. ... more

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