Tuning probably Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb (= Half-Step down)
and played in Em (transpose this chord sheet -5)


[Intro]


[Verse]
             
Down in the wi

        
llow garden 
             
Where me and m

           
y love did mee

t
             
As we sat a-co

  
urting
            
My love fell o

      
ff to sleep
            
I had a bottle

            
 of Burgundy w


ine
             
My love she di

      
d not know
             
So I poisoned 

              
that dear litt

   
le girl
            
On the banks b

 
elow

[Verse 2]
             
I drew a sabre

         
 through her
             
It was a blood

  
y night
             
I threw her in

         
 that river 
            
Which was a dr

       
eadful sight 
            
My father oft 

        
had told me
             
That money wou

          
ld set me free
             
If I would mur

              
der that dear 

       
little girl
             
Whose name was

           
 Rose Connolly

[Verse 3]
             
My father sits

              
 at his cabin 


door 
             
Wiping his tea

         
r dimmed eyes
             
For his only s

              
on soon shall 


walk 
            
To yonder scaf

     
fold high
            
My race is run

            
 beneath the s


un
             
The scaffold n

             
ow waits for m


e
             
For I did murd

              
er that dear l

      
ittle girl
             
Whose name was

           
 Rose Connolly