Down in the Willow Garden - The Everly Brothers

[froggywatters]

check out The Chieftains (feat. Bon Iver) cover, just beautiful!

[Sharoncat2008]

once I heard it in the movie Raising Arizona, I was on a frantic search to find all the words and I think I love the Everly Brothers best. I was a fan of them when I was much younger, back in the 50's. Such harmony and lilting songs are rare today.

[iluvwatermelons]

is this meant to be a really sad song? i always feel kinda sad when i listen to it

[cameronobscura22]

@iluvwatermelons .. Ummmmm.. have ya listened to the lyrics? It's about murdering 'that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly.' I can assure you Weird Al Yankovic hasn't done a version.

[dustys1banjo]

I grew up listening to these guys, had the honor of meeting them a few years ago. They took vocal harmony to levels never reached before or since. Their influence on all types of music has been huge.

[DemonOfRedemption]

i like this rendition more than garfunkel's. Big Garfunkel fan though.

[jonwints]

This is a sensitive and beautifully performed rendition of the old, melancholic, Irish folk song.

[benafuda]

The EB'S sang this on a documentary from the early 90's called Bringing It Back Home. A very good program on the legacy of Irish music. They recall it being a song that was passed down. I still can't quite understand the motive behind the lyrics myself, as it sounds like outright murder, but its very well performed.

[kailuaview]

this song is very, very old. There are about 70 different versions. It came over from Ireland originally..supposedly.

[DevilHonzo]

the lyrics make the song eerie and creepy. lol

[tickyreal]

MY SINCERE !! THANKS.....

GO OUT TO THE EVERLY BROTHERS FRIENDS / FANS / GROUPS ..

ALL OVER THIS PLANET ............WHO SHARE THESE VIDEOS WITH US

IN RETURN > PLEASE GIVE THEM -THUMPS UP- WHILE WATCHING

" Step it up and go " ; < ) Erik / Ricky T. @ Florida

[TruegrassBoy]

Southern boys singing a great old mountain song. Tremendous harmony singing.

[justmusicandme]

What wonderful harmony!

[AGibsonJ]

@justmusicandme, I forgot how devastatingly gorgeous the EB harmony is on this song!

[Rhoadhead]

beautiful yet bleak and disturbing ballad...coen brothers know how to pick their music

[glencoegirl1]

aw my mother used to sing this to me

[kittyfayne27]

AWWW. my mawmawl sang this all the time,,,

[OldWorldAmerican]

Ow.

[grueeatyou]

from the very start of this song, you get a clear aim at "high lonesome"

[Useless2112]

What the heck is a rimjob?

[pw00tang]

@28trichy no one ever reached this harmony mate

[28trichy]

@pw00tang

you'r absolutely right

[noahwayne]

@28trichy Faster not higher... ;-)

[28trichy]

@noahwayne

leider ist es manchmal etwas schwierig, die diversen Unterschiede richtig auszusprechen... ok?

[28trichy]

@noahwayne

...the faster you go... the higher the speed. No? High-speed. You don't go with high speed? yeah, it's better.

[noahwayne]

@28trichy In musical terms higher refers to pitch faster would indicate tempo..

[28trichy]

@noahwayne

you may be right. I just like the Everlys... they are and they'll be awesome for me.

[noahwayne]

@28trichy me too and thats all that matters! lol

[monsterhunter900]

this song is sad ={

[atlascanada]

aparently burgandy wine is a spiked drink that highway men would give ppl and theyd pass out and be robbed.

[kizzcee007]

@atlascanada It's actually Burgaloo wine...a string pear wine....but many sing burgundy wine instead

[atlascanada]

@kizzcee007 realy? oh, well i guess both words make sense with the song, interesting =)

[ahdyend]

Casey james prestwood and the dying angels just covered this song and its really good you guys should check it out there good country i wish there was alot more of them on youtube..

[valentine0591]

Best of Everlys harmony!! My guess is this old folk song is about an alternative to a "shotgun wedding".

[rawmuse]

They just don't write good murder ballads like these any more. Sheesh, stabbed with a saber and tossed in the river. Nice.

[patrickcorliss]

@rawmuse

Oh yeah? Try YouTube at watch?v=dXQW7QcfnJ8.

Where the Wild Roses Grow. Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue.

[PandaUK]

I love the Everly Brothers i have ever since i was little Thanks for putting this up. x

[MyNameIsKojak]

I took a look and what I saw said it originated in Mountain Home, Arkansas and was written by "Benson and Fleecy Fox"

[dodorose96]

i loved this since the first time i watched raising arizona..........lol i love tht movie and this song :D

[gmason2]

@dodorose96 I love that movie too....one of my favorites

[ledtijanazepp]

nick cave (with kylie minogue) made the great song listening to this one...

[llieber100]

This is vintage Everly Brothers! They learned many of their early songs from their father when they were just babies. This is one of those old time ballads that I've heard many versions of. I never knew it's origins, but Waldo99 is probably right that it's Scottish/English.........as a guess probably Scottish.

[tickyreal]

wow

[Waldo99]

For a song in a similar vein, check out "Knoxville Girl" by the Wilburn Brothers on YouTube.

[194734]

Dit is zo mooi wat een prachtige stemmen.

[cruxton31]

I have loved this whole album since 1959,

[elvin211]

wow!

[9774642]

I can't listen this song without remembering my experiences in Canada

I want to go to Toronto city to do a homestay program

[cruxton31]

the whole ablum is this good.

[ohsodiabolical]

yzazz - you're right..and you can also catch Ed singing the last verse to little Nathan as a lullaby

[justmusicandme]

Harmony that sounds so natural and effortless. They are my favorites, and this song, though a little dreary in subject matter, is still just so beautiful. Great posting!

[softshoes]

This is beyond compare!!

[norskygirl]

This is an old Irish folk song done masterfully by the Phil & Don... one of my all time favorite Everly recordings! Harmony doesn't come any better than this... they are BRILLIANT!!!!

Thanks so much for posting this beautiful song!

[sue4343]

you are so right norskygirl. it is one of my all time favorites also. they sound like angels.

[norskygirl]

Ditto on that... They are the GOLD STANDARD when it comes to harmony!

[yzazz]

Great song. Kristen Hersh does a killer version of it too. The melody is featured often in Raising Arizona, I believe it is playing in the background as H.I. is dreaming of the future as well as in the aforementioned instances.

[nhienphan2808]

This song really slays me without any knife or Burgundy wine !! THEY slay me with only their offhandedly gorgeous harmony ! The brothers just sound like, and really ARE angels together !

[stewartabesha]

thx

[rosiegroovy]

who wrote this song? i'm used to art garfunkel's version better lol

[Rcksaltnnails]

It was first listed and credited to Edward Bunting in the early 1800's.

I have now heard many different versions of this song, each great in its own way. However, i still prefer the one I originally learned, by Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs. This version would be a close 2nd.

[rosiegroovy]

wow...thanks! ; )

[Blakwulf]

Thank you. I've been looking for an original lyrics version.

[justmusicandme]

This sounds like an old Kentucky folk song......Everly version is terrific. Thanks!

[beatbox77]

@justmusicandme its an apalachian folk song

[justmusicandme]

@beatbox77 : Their version, Rose Connelly, (hard to find on youtube) sounds like an Irish folk song. It certainly is a beautiful song, especially the way it is sung here by the Everlys.

[beatbox77]

@justmusicandme i actually have that in my favorites its a cover by shirley burns which considering the irish heritage amongst apalachian settlers irish music was the foundation for apalachian folk and even country music

[1982Moonbird]

@justmusicandme Oh yes. The Blood and Guts Bluegrass like Knoxville Girl or Crash on the Highway. Gotta love the emotion that just haunts you for days after you listen to this though

[justmusicandme]

@1982Moonbird So true - every time i play this song, my husband makes some kind of comment about how gruesome it sounds! LOL!

[Wodanaz]

@justmusicandme Appalachian actually. Though most Appalachian folk songs are English, it probably derives from an Irish song called 'Rose Connolly'' (an Irish name, referenced in the song).

[Schollekop1982]

One of the best songs of the Everly's. I love this :)

[wilmaohman]

the irish have some great singers.i believe this is an old irish folk song.probably taught to them by their family

[Waldo99]

The Everlys are Scottish ancestry primarily so I doubt they learned it that way, but many of these songs have unclear meaning between Scot/Irish/English.

[Reine72]

Beautiful ..... first listening , thank you

[Killersproles]

This is AMAZING. God awful. Heard it in Raising Arizona, forgot about the movie, fell in love with Holly.

[Drogmir]

Sweet beautiful singing. But listen closely to those words! It's a traditional song. I love those harmonies.

[DustoMcNeato]

I always remember this song from Raising Arizona, but I had never head the full song before!

[baloo7979]

I saw that the song was listed in the soundtrack but I never heard it in the movie. Is at the "welcome home son party"? A song is played very silently in the background..

[DustoMcNeato]

She is singing it to the baby when H.I. wakes up from a nightmare.

[Swan1947]

Beautiful!!