Barbara Allen
Ton : FCapo 2English
All in the mDerry mAonth of MDay
When green buds aGll were sAwelling
Sweet WGilliam on his dDeathbed lay
For love of BGarbara ADllen A
He sent his sDervant tAo the tDown
The place where sGhe did dAwell in
Saying "MGaster dear has sDent me here
If your name be BGarbara AAllen."
Then slowly sDlowly sAhe got uDp
And slowly sGhe went tAo him
And aGll she said when tDhere she came
Was "Young man I tGhink you're dDyingA.?
"Don't you remDember the oAther nDight
When we were iGn the tAavern?
You drGank a toast to the lDadies there
And slighted BGarbara ADllen." G A
He turned his fDace untAo the wDall
He turned his bGack upAon her
"AdGieu adieu to aDll my friends
And be kGind be kAind to Barbara ADllen."
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AAs she was wDandering oA'er the fDields
She heard the dGeath bell kAnelling
And eGvery note it sDeemed to say
"Hard-hearted BGarbara AAllen!"
The more it tDolled the mAore she gDrieved
She bursted oGut a-cArying
"Oh pGick me up and cDarry me home
I fear that IG am dAying."
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They buried WFilly in the oCld church yFard
And Barbara iBbn the nCew one
And from WBbilliam's grave there gFrew a rose
From Barbara's aBb green bCriar
They grew and gFrew in the oCld church yFard
'Til they could gBbrow no hCigher
And tBbhere they tied in a tFrue lover's knot
The red rose aCnd the bFriar.