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Title
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Barbara Allen
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Singer
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Iles, Elijah
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
It's of one morn, one sweet May morn,
When flowers they are springing,
A young man on his death bed lay,
For the sake of Barbara Allen.
Verse 2
He sent his servant to the house,
To the house where she was dwelling;
He said, 'You must come to my master's house,
If your name is Barbara Allen.'
Verse 3
So slowly she put on her clothes,
So slowly she went to him,
And when she got to his bedside,
She said, 'Young man, you're dying.'
Verse 4
He turned his face towards the wall,
When Death was creeping on him -
'Adieu to you! And adieu to all!
And adieu to Barbara Allen.'
Verse 5
As she was going across the field,
She heard the bell a-tolling,
And as it tolled it seemed to say,
'Hard hearted Barbara Allen.'
Verse 6
As she was going down the street,
She met the corpse a-coming;
She said, 'Put down this pretty corpse,
That I may gaze upon him.'
Verse 7
The more she gazed the more she laughed,
Till the further she got from him,
And all the people cried, 'For shame!
Hard hearted Barbara Allen.'
Verse 8
'Now this young man he died for love,
And I will die tomorrow,
Now bury this young man today,
And bury me tomorrow.'
Verse 9
Now these two lovers are dead and gone,
And they lay close together,
And out of his breast there sprang a red rose,
And out of hers' a briar.
Verse 10
And there they grew to the chancel top,
Till they could not grow any higher,
They turned and tied in a true lover's knot,
For all people to admire.
