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'Twas in the merry month of May |
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When green buds all were swellin' |
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Sweet William on his death bed lay |
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For 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 dwellin' |
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Saying, "You must come to my master, dear |
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If your name be Barbara Allen" |
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So slowly, slowly she got up |
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And slowly she drew nigh him |
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And the only words to him did say |
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"Young man, I think you are dying" |
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He turned his face unto the wall |
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And death was in him wellin' |
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"Goodbye, goodbye to my friends all |
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Be good to Barbara Allen" |
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When he was dead and laid in grave |
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She heard the death bells knellin' |
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And every stroke to her did say |
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"Hard-hearted Barbara Allen" |
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"Oh mother, oh, mother, go dig 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" |
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"And father, oh father, go 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 buried in the old churchyard |
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Sweet William was buried beside her |
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Out of sweet William's heart there grew a rose |
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Out of Barbara Allen's, a briar |
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They grew and grew in the old churchyard |
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Till they could grow no higher |
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At the end they formed a true lover's knot |
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And the rose grew 'round the briar |