Barbara Allen

Intro Bb F C F F T'was in the merry month of May Bb F When flowers were a-bloomin' Bb F Sweet Willie on his deathbed lay C F For the love of Barbara Allen F He sent his servant to the town Bb F The town where she did dwell in Bb F Saying "Master dear has sent me here C F If your name is Barbara Allen" F Then slowly, slowly she got up Bb F And slowly she went to him Bb F And all she said when she got there C F "Young man, I think you're dying" F "Oh don't you remember the other day Bb F When we were in the tavern? Bb F You drank your health to the ladies there C F And you slighted Barbara Allen" Bb F C F F He turned his face unto the wall Bb F He turned his back upon her Bb F "So long farewell to all my friends C F Be kind to Barbara Allen" F She looked to the east, she looked to the west Bb F She saw his corpse a-comin' Bb F "Oh sit him down for me" she cried C F "That I may gaze upon him" F The more she looked the more she grieved Bb F She bursted out to cryin' Bb F Sayin' "Pick me up and carry me home C F For I feel like I am dyin'" Bb F C F F They buried Willie in the old churchyard Bb F And Barbara in the new one Bb F From Willie's grave there grew a rose C F From Barbara's a green briar F They grew and grew to the old church wall Bb F And could not grow no higher Bb F And there they died in a true love-knot C F The rosebush and the briar Bb F C F End