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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter
Author: traditional
Label: Victor
Year: 1927
Murder ballad, AKA Rose Connelly. Of Irish descent but mainly collected in the southern Appalachians. Shares its tune with Rosin The Bow (see there) and is thematically related with Banks Of The Ohio and Knoxvile Girl. See also: Handsome Molly and Tom Dooley.
Covers:
Wade Mainer & Zeke Morris [as Down In The Willow]
Charlie Monroe [as Down In The Willow Garden]
Hermes Nye [as Lincoln And Liberty]
Paul Clayton [as Rose Connoley]
Kossoy Sisters [as Down In The Willow Garden]
Osborne Brothers & Red Allen [idem]
Everly Brothers [idem]
Pete Seeger [as Lincoln And Liberty]
Ian & Sylvia [as Rose Connoley]
Cobi Schreijer [as De Groenelands Straatjes]
Fungus [as De Groenelands Straatjes]
Holly Hunter [in film Raising Arizona]
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds [as The Willow Garden; vocal: Conway Savage]
Jackshit [idem]
Chieftains [as Down In The Willow Garden with Bon Iver]
Lankum [as Willow Garden]
Rufus Wainwright [with Brandi Carlile as Down In The Willow Garden]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)