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Bob Dylan - Barbara Allen lyrics
In Charlotte town, not far from here, There was a fair maid dwellin.' Had a name was known both far and near, An' her name was Barb'ry Allen. 'Twas in the merry month of May, Green buds they were swellin', Poor William on his death-bed lay, For the love of Barb'ry Allen. He sent his man down to town To the place that she was dwellin' Sayin', "Master bids your company, If your name is Barb'ry Allen." Oh slowly, slowly she got up To the place where he was lyin', And when she pulled the curtain back, Said, "Young man, I b'lieve you're dying!" "Oh yes, oh yes, I'm very sick And I shall never get better Unless I have the love of one, The love of Bar'bry Allen." "Don't you remember not long ago, The day down in the tavern? You toasted all the ladies there, But you slighted Barb'ry Allen." "Oh yes, oh yes, I remember well That day down in the tavern. I toasted all the ladies there, But I gave my heart to Barb'ry Allen." She looked to the East, she looked to the West, She saw his pale corpse a-comin', Cryin', "Put him down and leave him there So I might gaze upon him." The more she gazed, the more she mourned, Until she burst out cryin'; Sayin', "I beg you come and take him away, For my heart now too is dyin'!" "Oh, father, father, come dig my grave, Dig it wide an' narrow. Poor William died for me today; I'll die for him tomorrow." They buried him in the old churchyard, They buried her beside him, And from his heart grew a red, red rose, And from her heart a briar. They grew, they grew so awful high Till they could grow no higher, An' 'twas there they tied a lover's knot, The red rose and the briar. In Charlotte town, not far from here, There was a maid a-dwellin.' Had a name was known both far and near, An' her name was Barb'ry Allen. |
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