Down in the willow garden
那座柳树公园

Where me and my love did meet
就是我和我的爱人相会之地

As we sat a-courtin'
那天我们坐在庭院下

My love fell off to sleep
她昏昏入睡

I had a bottle of Burgundy wine
我饮下醉人的酒

My love, she did not know
但是她并无知觉

So I poisoned that dear little girl
然后我就为她灌下毒药

On the banks below
在下方的河堆旁

I drew a saber through her
我用利刃刺穿了她的胸膛

It was a bloody knife
那把血淋淋的刀刃

I threw her in the river
她被遗弃到河中

Which was a dreadful sign
死神带走了她的生命

My father often told me
父亲常常告诫我

That money would set me free
总有一天会还你自由

If I would murder that dear little girl
若真是我谋杀了那个女孩

Whose name was Rose Connelly
那个名叫罗斯·康奈利的女孩

My father sits at his cabin door
父亲伏坐在他的小屋旁

Wiping his tear-dimmed eyes
泪花朦胧了他的双眼

For his only son soon shall walk
因为他唯一的儿子即将远行

To yonder scaffold high
逃避那十字的审判

My race is run, beneath the sun
我的生命就是流亡

The scaffold now waits for me
束缚的枷锁让我无法喘息

For I did murder that dear little girl
因为是我害死了那个女孩

Whose name was Rose Connelly
她的名字叫罗斯·康奈利