Key: B major•
Verse 1
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In Scarlet Town,
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where I was born,
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there was a fair maid dwellin',
made every youth cry well awake.
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Her name was Barbara Allen.
He sent his servants to the town
where Barbara was a -dwellin'.
Your master sent and sent for you
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If your name's Barbara Allen
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So slowly, slowly she got up
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And slowly she came nigh him
And all she said when she got there
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Young man, I think you're dying
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Yes, I'm sick and very sick
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And death is on me dwelling
No better, no better, I never will be
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If I can't have Barbara Allen
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Oh mama, oh mama, go dig my grave
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Go dig it long and narrow
Sweet William died for me today
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the old churchyard
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On Barbara's grew a green briar.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB A E Em
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