"Barbara Allen" 

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T'was in the merry month of May 
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When flowers were a-bloomin' 
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Sweet Willie on his deathbed 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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The town where she did dwell in 
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Saying "Master dear has sent me here 
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If your name is Barbara Allen" 

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Then 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're dying" 

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"Oh don't you remember the other day 
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When we were in the tavern? 
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You drank your health to the ladies there 
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And you slighted Barbara Allen" 

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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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"So long farewell to all my friends 
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Be kind to Barbara Allen" 

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She looked to the east, she looked to the west 
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She saw his corpse a-comin' 
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"Oh sit 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 out to cryin' 
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Sayin' "Pick me up and carry me home 
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For I feel like I am dyin'" 

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They buried Willie in the old churchyard 
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And Barbara in the new one 
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From Willie's grave there grew a rose 
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From Barbara's a green briar 

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They grew and grew to the old church wall 
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And could not grow no higher 
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And there they died in a true love-knot 
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The rosebush and the briar 

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