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Barbara Allen
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Emmylou Harris
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Was in the merry month of May
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When all gay flowers were a bloomin',
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Sweet William on his death-bed lay
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For the 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 dwelling
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Said, "You must come to my master's house,
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If your name be Barbara Allen."
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So slowly, slowly she gets up,
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And to his bedside going
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She drew the curtains to one side
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And says, "Young man, you're dying."
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"I know, I'm sick and very low,
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And sorrow dwells within me
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No better, no better I never will be.
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Til I have Barbara Allen."
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"Don't you remember last Saturday night
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When I was at the tavern,
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You gave your drinks to the ladies there
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But you slighted Barbara Allen?"
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He reached up his pale white hands
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Intending for to touch her
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She turned away from his bedside
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And says, "Young man I won't have you."
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He turned his cheek into the wall
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And bursted out a crying
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"What I do to thee I do to all
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And I do to Barbara Allen."
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She had not walked and reached the town
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She heard the death bells ringing
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And as they rolled they seemed to say,
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"Hard-hearted Barbara Allen."
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"Oh Mother, oh mother go make my bed
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Make it both long and narrow
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Sweet William died for me today
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I'll die for him tomorrow."
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Sweet William was buried in the old church yard
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And Barbara there anigh him,
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And out of his grave grew a red, red rose,
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And out of hers, a briar.
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They grew and grew to the old churchyard,
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Where they couldn't grow no higher,
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And there they tied in a true love's knot.
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The rose wrapped around the briar.
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