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Barbriallen
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Paul Simon
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It was in the merry month of May
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When green buds were a-swelling
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Sweet William on his death bed lay
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For the love of Barbriallen
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He sent his servant to the town
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The place where she'd been dwelling
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Say master dear has sent me here
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If your name be Barbriallen
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And slowly, slowly she got up
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And slowly she went to him
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And all she said when she got there
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Young man I think you are dying
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Oh, don't you remember the other day
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When we where in a tavern
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You drank your health to the ladies there
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And you slighted Barbriallen
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He turned his face unto the wall
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He turned his back upon her
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Adieu, adieu to all my friends
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Be kind to Barbriallen
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She looked to the east, she looked to the west
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She saw his corpse a-coming
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Oh, put him down for me she cried
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That I may gaze upon him
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The more she looked, the more she grieved
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She bursted it out in crying
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Oh, pick me up and carry me home
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For I feel like I am dying
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They buried sweet Willy in the old church yard
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And Barbara in the new one
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From Willy's grave there grew a rose
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From Barbara's a green briar
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They grew and they grew on the old church wall
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And could not grow no higher
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And there they tied in a true love's knot
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The rose bush and the briar
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