Barbara Allen chords by Custer LaRue

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Humming
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In Scarlet Town,
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where I was born,
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there was a fair maid dwelling,
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made every youth cry well a day.
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Her name was Barbara Allen.
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All in the merry month of May,
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When green buds they were swelling,
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Young Jimmy Grove on his deathbed lay,
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For love of Barbara Anne
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He sent his men unto her then,
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To the town where she was dwellin'.
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You must come to my master,  dear,
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If your name be Barbara Allen,
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for death is printed on his face,
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and o 'er his heart he's stealing,
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then haste away to comfort him.
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O  lovely Barbara Al len,
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though death be printed on his face
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an d  o 'er his heart he's stealing,
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Yet little better shall he be
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for Bonnie Barbara Allen.
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So slowly, slowly she came up,
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and slowly she came nigh him.
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And  as she said, when there she came,
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Was young man, I think you're dying.
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He turned his face un to her straight,
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With deadly sorrow sighing,
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O   lovely maid, come pity me,
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I'm on my deathbed lyin'.
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If on your deathbed you do lie,
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What needs the tale you're tellin',
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I cannot keep you from your death,
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Farewell, said Barbra Ann.
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He turned his face onto the wall,
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As deadly pangs he fell in .
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Adieu, adieu, adieu to you all,
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adieu to  Barbara  Allen.
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As she was going o 'er the fields,
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she heard the bell a -bellin'
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An d  every stroke did seem to  say,
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Un  worthy Barbara Ann.
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She turned her body round about,
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And spied the corpse a -callin'.
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Laid down, laid down the corpse,
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she said, that I may look upon him.
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With scornful eyes she looked down,
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her cheek with laughter swollen,
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When he was dead an
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d  laid in grave,
Her heart was struck with sorrow.
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O   Mother, Mother, make my bed,
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for I shall die tomorrow.
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Hard -hearted creature, him to slight,
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O loving me so dearly.
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O,  that I'd been
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When he was alive an d near me!
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She on her deathbed, as she lay,
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begged to be buried by him,
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and so repented all the day,
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that e  she did deny him.
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Farewell, she said, ye virgins are,
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and shun the thought, I  think,
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Henceforth take warning
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by the fire of cruel Barbar
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ian.
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