Barb'ry Allen
Barb'ry Allen

Barb'ry Allen easy guitar chords by Burl Ives

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  • Verse 1
    Here is 
    Barbar
    a Allen, 

    the most popular 
    classic ballad 

    of the Western 
    world. 

    In 
    Scarlet 
    Town, 
    where I 
    was born, 

    there 
    was 
    fair 
    maid 
    dwellin', 

    made 
    every 
    youth 
    cry 
    well 
    a day 

    and 
    her 
    name was 
    Barbary 
    Al
    len 

    was 
    in 
    the merry 
    merry month 
    of May 
    when 
    the green birds 
    they 
    were 
    swell

    ing sweet 
    William 
    on 
    his 
    deathbed 
    lay 
    for 
    the 
    love of 
    Barbary 
    Al
    len. 

    He sent 
    his servant 
    to the 
    town, 

    to 
    the place where 
    she 
    was 
    a -dwelling. 

    Cried, 
    master, 
    bid you 
    come 
    to 
    him, 

    if 
    your name 
    be Barbary 
    Allen. 

    Then 
    slowly, 
    slowly, 
    she got 
    up, 

    and 
    slowly, 
    well, 
    she 
    nigh him. 

    And 
    when 
    she pulled 
    the 
    curtains 
    back, 

    said, 
    young man, 

    I think 
    you're a dying. 

    Oh, yes, 
    I'm 
    sick. 

    I'm 
    very, 
    very sick. 

    And 
    I never 
    will 
    be 
    better 

    until 
    have 
    the love 
    of one, 

    the 
    love of 
    Barbary 
    Adam
    s. 

    Oh, 
    can you not, 
    in yonder town, 

    In 
    the place 
    where you 
    were 
    a -dwellin'? 

    You 
    gave a 
    toast 
    to the ladies 
    all, 


    But you slighted 
    Barbary 
    Allen. 

    Oh, 
    yes, I 
    can, 
    I can 
    it well, 

    In the place 
    where I 
    was 
    -dwellin'. 

    gave 
    a toast 
    to 
    the ladies 
    all, 

    but 
    my love 
    to Barbarie 
    Allen. 

    Then 
    lightly 
    tripped 
    she down 
    the stairs, 

    he 
    trembled like 
    an aspen. 

    Goodbye, 
    friends, 
    and 
    kinfolks 
    all, 

    be 
    kind 
    to 
    Barbary 
    Allen. 

    She 
    walked out 
    in 
    the green, 

    green fields, 

    she 
    heard his 
    death 
    bell
    s nelling, 

    and 
    every stroke 
    they 
    seemed 
    to say. 

    Hard 
    -hearted Barbary 
    Allen. 

    Her 
    eyes looked 
    east, 

    her eyes 
    looked west. 

    She 
    saw 
    his pale 
    corpse 
    coming. 

    She 
    cried, 
    bearers, 

    bearers, 
    put him 
    down. 

    That 
    may 
    look 
    upon 
    him. 

    The more 
    she 
    looked, 

    the more 
    she 
    grieved. 

    Until 
    she 
    burst 
    out 
    crying. 

    She 
    cried, 
    bearers, 
    bearers, 
    take him 
    off. 

    For 
    am now 
    dying. 

    Oh, 
    father, oh, 
    father, 

    go dig 
    my grave, 

    go 
    dig it deep 
    and 
    narrow. 

    Sweet 
    William 
    died 
    for 
    me 
    today, 

    I'll die 
    for him 
    tomorrow. 

    They 
    buried her 
    in 

    the old 
    churchyard. 

    Sweet 
    William's 
    grave 
    was 
    nigher, 

    And 
    from 
    his heart 
    grew 
    a red, 
    rose, 

    And 
    from her 
    heart 
    a bri
    ar. 

    They grew 
    and they 
    grew 

    the old church 
    wall, 

    Till 
    they couldn't 
    grow 
    no 
    higher, 

    Until 
    they 
    tied 
    true 
    lover's 
    knot, 

    The 
    red 
    rose 
    and 
    the 
    bri
    ar. 

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