Barbara Allen

In Charlotte town not far from here

There was a fair maid dwellin'

And her name was known both far and near

And her name was Barbara Allen

'Twas in the merry month of May

Green buds they were swellin'

Poor William on his death bed lay

For the love of Barbara Allen

He sent his man down to town

To the place that she was dwellin'

Sayin' Master Bids your company

If your name is Barbara Allen

Oh slowly slowly she got up

To the place where he was lyin'

And when she pulled the curtain back

Said Young man I believe you're dying

Oh yes oh yes I'm very sick

And I shall never get better

Unless I have the love of one

The love of Barbara Allen

Don't you remember not long ago

The day down in the tavern

You toasted all the ladies there

But you slighted Barbara Allen

Oh yes oh yes I remember well

That day down in the tavern

I toasted all the ladies there

But I gave my heart to Barbara Allen

She looked to the east she looked to the west

She saw his pale corpse a comin'

Cryin'

Put him down and leave him there

So I might gaze upon him

The more she gazed the more she mourned

Until she burst out cryin'

Sayin' I beg you come and take him away

For my heart now too is dyin'

Oh father father come dig my grave

Dig it wide an' narrow

Poor William died for me today

I'll die for him tomorrow

They buried him in the old churchyard

They buried her beside him

And from his heart grew a red red rose

And from her heart a briar

They grew they grew so awful high

Till they could grow no higher

An' 'twas there they tied a lover's knot

The red rose and the briar

In Charlotte town not far from here

There was a maid a dwellin'

Had a name was known both far and near

An' her name was Barbara Allen