Barbara Allen - The Everly Brothers
Tuning: , E A D G B E
"Barbara Allen"
Intro:
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T'was in the m
erry month of
May
When flowers w
ere a-bloomin'
Sweet William
on his deathbe
d lay
For the love o
f Barbara Alle
n
He sent his se
rvant to the t
own
The town where
she did dwell
in
Saying "Master
dear has sent
me here
If your name b
e Barbara Alle
n"
Then slowly, s
lowly she got
up
And slowly she
went to him
And all she sa
id when she go
t there
"Young man, I
think you're d
ying"
"Oh don't you
remember the o
ther day
When we were i
n the tavern?
You drank your
health to the
ladies there
And you slight
ed Barbara All
en"
He turned his
face unto the
wall
He turned his
back upon her
"Adieu! Adieu!
To all my fri
ends
Be kind to Bar
bara Allen"
She looked to
the east, She
looked to the
west
She saw his co
rpse a-comin'
"Oh sit him do
wn for me" she
cried
"That I may ga
ze upon him"
The more she l
ooked the more
she grieved
She bursted ou
t to cryin'
Sayin' "Pick m
e up and carry
me home
For I feel lik
e I am dyin'"
They buried Wi
llie in the ol
d churchyard
And Barbara in
the new one
From Willie's
grave there gr
ew a rose
From Barbara's
a green briar
They grew and
grew to the ol
d church wall
And could not
grow no higher
And there they
died in a tru
e love-knot
The rosebush a
nd the briar
End
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