Tonart: Bb major
Intro 1
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Em
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C
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Am
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Twas in the merry month of
Verse 1
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May
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When green buds all were swelling,
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Sweet William on his death bed lay
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Am
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For love of Barbara Allen.
Verse 2
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He sent his servant
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to the town
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To the place where she was dwelling,
Saying you must come, to
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my master dear
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If your name be Barbara Allen.
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So slowly, slowly she got
Verse 3
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up
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And slowly she drew nigh him,
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An d the only words to him did say
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Young man I think you're dy ing.
Verse 4
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He turned his face unto the wall
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And death was in him welling,
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Good- bye, good- bye, to
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my friends all
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Be good to Barbar a Allen.
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When he was dead and laid in grave
Verse 5
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She heard the death bells knelling
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And every stroke to her did say
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Hard hearted Barbara Allen.
Verse 6
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Oh mother, oh mother go dig
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my grave
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Make it both long and narrow,
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Sweet William died of love for me
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And I will die of sorrow.
Verse 7
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An d father, oh father, go
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dig my grave
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Make it both long and narrow,
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Sweet William died on yesterday
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And I will die tomorrow.
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Barbara Allen was
Verse 8
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buried in the old
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churchyard
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Sweet William was buried beside her,
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Out of sweet William's
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heart, there grew a rose
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Out of Barbara Allen's a briar.
Verse 9
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They grew and grew in the
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old churchyard
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Till they could grow no higher
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At the end they formed, a true
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lover's knot
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And the rose grew round the briar.
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