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The High Strange Drifters - Barbara Allen lyrics
In Scarlet Town, where I was born There was a fair maid dwelling' Made many a youth Cry well-a-day Her name was Barbara Allen 'Twas in the merry month of May When green buds were a-swellin' Sweet William on his deathbed lay For the love of Barbara Allen He sent his servant unto her To the place where she was a-dwellin' Cried "My master's sick, bid me call for you - If your name be Barbara Allen" Then slowly, slowly she got up And slowly she went nigh him But all she said as she passed his bed "Young man, I think you're dying" "Oh yes, I'm sick. i'm very, very sick And I never will - never will be better Until I have the love of one - The love of Barbara Allen" He turned his face unto the woman While death was creeping o'er him He bid his friends adieu and said "Be kind to Barbara Allen" She walked out in the green, green fields She heard his death - heard his death bells a-knellin' And every stroke, they seemed to say Hard-hearted Barbara Allen Her eyes looked east, her eyes looked west She saw his pale - his pale corpse coming She cried "Bearers, bearers, oh put him down That I may look upon him" The more she looked, the more she grieved Until she burst - she burst right out crying She cried, "Bearers, bearers, oh take him off For now I am a-dying" "Father, oh father, go dig my grave And dig it deep - oh, deep and narrow Sweet William died for me today I'll die for him tomorrow" They buried Barbara in the old church yard Sweet William's grave was nigh her And from his heart grew a red, red rose And from her heart, a briar They grew and grew up the old church yard 'Til they could grow - grow not higher And at the top, grew a lover's knot The red rose and the briar. |
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