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Down In the Willow Garden

from The Blackest Crow by Lulu's Fate

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Obligatory Appalachian murder ballad!
Trivia: Holly Hunter's character sang this to the baby in "Raising Arizona."

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Down in the willow garden
Where me and my true love did meet
There we sat a-courtin'
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 on the banks below

I drew my saber through her
It was a bloody night
I threw her in the river
It was an awful sight

My father often told me
That money would set me free
If I would murder that dear little girl
Whose name was Rose Connolly

Now he sits in his cabin door
Wiping his tear-dimmed eyes
Mourning for his only son
Out on the 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 Connolly

credits

from The Blackest Crow, released September 7, 2014
Tom Espinola: guitar, vocals
Kristen Jones: cello
Kara Falck: vocals

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Lulu's Fate Washington, D.C.

Lulu’s Fate is a trio based in the Washington DC area, performing a variety of traditional American music as well as original songs and tunes. The group combines virtuosic instrumentals with tight 3-part harmonies to create new interpretations of traditional Appalachian music. They also mix in a variety of country blues, Dixieland, sea chanteys, southern string band tunes, and more. ... more

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