Tonart: E major
Verse 1
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Springtime comes but once a year,
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When all things are in blossom.
Sweet William on his deathbed lay,
For the love of Barbara Helen.
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She loved him, and he loved her ,
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And in Henry's heart was a -dwellin'.
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Sweet William would lay down his life
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For the love of our Brelin.
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Do you remember in the old town Inn,
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In the old town Inn a -drinkin'?
I gave a toast to the lady's horse,
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Martha Barbarillon.
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As she was walking down the road,
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she heard the birds a -singing.
And what she thought that birdie sang,
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Was her turtledove, Brelin.
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As she was passing the old churchyard,
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The old church bells were ringing,
And while she thought
the burglars rang out,
Was out -hunted by Breland.
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Then she looked to the east,
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then she looked to the west,
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Till she spied the funeral coming.
Lay down,
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lay down that corpse of clay,
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Till I will gaze upon it.
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O the more she moaned,
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Till she fell to the ground, a -crying,
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Sing, pick me up and carry me home,
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for it is now that I am dying.
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Oh, Father, go and make my grave.
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O make it long and narrow,
for my love died for me last night,
I'll die for him tomorrow.
They both were buried
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in an old churchyard,
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And she was buried in a yarn,
Or her grave grew a rosy red,
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Or Barbara's grew a briar.
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Their boat grew up to a steeple hilltop,
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Till they couldn't climb any higher.
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Then they mingled together
in a thrill of a snap,
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The red rose and the briar. you
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