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[ti:The Cruelty of Barbry Ellen] |
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[ar:Meg Baird] |
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[al:Dear Companion] |
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It was in the merry month of 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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For the love of Barbara Allen |
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He sent his servant to the town |
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To the place where she was dwelling |
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The master sayin again he sends for you |
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If your name be Barb'ry Allen |
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So slowly slowly she got up |
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And slowly she came nigh him |
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And all she said when she got there |
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Young man, I believe you're dying |
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Oh yes, I'm old, I'm very old |
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And death is on me dwelling |
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No better, no better than I never be |
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If I can have Barb'ry Allen |
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Oh yes, you're alone, you're very alone |
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And death is on you dwelling |
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No better, no better, you will never be |
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For you can't get Barbry Allen |
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Oh don't you rememberin yonders town |
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In yonders town a-drinking |
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You passed your glass all around and around |
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But not to Barb'ry Allen |
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Oh, yes, I remember in yonders town |
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In yonders town a-drinking |
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I drank my health to the ladies all around |
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And slighted Barbr'y Allen |
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He turned his pale face to the wall |
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And death was on him dwelling |
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I do, I do, you go neighbors all |
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I do sweet Barbr'y Allen |
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As she was glim across the fields |
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The glance of bells were knelling |
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And every tone the death bell ring |
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Hard hearted Barbr'y Ellen |
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O mother, O mother, make my bed |
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Go make it both long an' narrow |
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Sweet Willie died for me today |
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And I'll die for him tomorrow |
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O he was buried in the old churchyard |
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And she was buried, anigh him |
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And out of this pearl grew a red, red rose |
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A out of pearl's a brier |
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O they grew, and they grew up the old church tower |
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'Til they could grow no higher |
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They let them tied in a true loves knot |
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Red rose wrapped around the brier |
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