Di kebun willow
Where me and my true love did meet
Di situlah aku dan cinta sejati bertemu
It was there we went a courting
Di sana kami saling menggoda
My love fell off to sleep
Cintaku pun tertidur
I had a bottle of burgundy wine
Aku punya sebotol anggur burgundy
My true love she did not know
Cintaku tak tahu
It was there I murdered that dear little girl
Di sanalah aku membunuh gadis kecil yang terkasih
Down on the banks below
Di tepi sungai di bawah
I stabbed her with my dagger which was a bloody knife.
Aku menikamnya dengan belati yang berlumuran darah.
I threw her into the river, which was a dreadful sight.
Aku melemparkannya ke sungai, pemandangan yang mengerikan.
My father often told me that money would set me free.
Ayahku sering bilang bahwa uang akan membebaskanku.
If I would murder that dear little girl
Jika aku membunuh gadis kecil yang terkasih ini
Whose name was Rose Connelly.
Yang bernama Rose Connelly.
And now he sits in his cottage door, wiping his weeping eye.
Dan sekarang dia duduk di pintu pondoknya, menghapus air matanya.
And now he waits for his own dear son
Dan sekarang dia menunggu putranya yang terkasih
upon the scaffold high.
di atas tiang gantungan yang tinggi.
My race is run beneath the sun, cruel hell is waiting for me,
Perlombaan hidupku telah berakhir di bawah sinar matahari, neraka yang kejam menantiku,
for I have murdered my own true love,
karena aku telah membunuh cinta sejati ku,
Whose name was Rose
Yang bernama Rose
Connelly.
Connelly.