Barb'ry Allen chords by Tom Rush
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Verse 1
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In Scarlet Town,
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where I did dwell
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There was a fair maid dwellin'
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And many lads cried well a day
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For the love of Barbary Al len
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And in the merry month of May,
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When green buds they are swelling,
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Sweet William on his deathbed lay
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For a love of Barbary Allen
Now he sent his servant
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down to her
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And down where she was a -d wellin'
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He said, You must come to my master, dear,
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If your name be Barbary Al len.
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Well slowly, slowly rose she up,
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And slowly drew she nigh him,
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and the only words to him
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she said young man
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I think you're dying well
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he turned his face unto the wall
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and death was with him dealing
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he said farewell my comrades all be kind to barbary al
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len now and as she walked her long way home
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she heard the death bell a -bellin
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and every stroke did seem to say hard -hearted
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Barbary Al len
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Now her younger sister,
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she came to her
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She said, Bonnie, Barbie, take him
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Oh, it's time enough to tell me now
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when his head's done there makin'
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And her older sister,
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she came to her
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She said, Bonnie, Barbie, take him
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Oh, it's time enough to tell me now
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when his grave clothes
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they're makin'
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Now, mother, mother, go make my bed
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And you make it soft and narrow
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Sweet William died for me today
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I'll die for him tomorrow
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Sweet William was buried
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in the old churchyard
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Now Barbary Al len in the choir,
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out of his breast there grew a rose,
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and out of hers a briar.
Well, they grew and they grew
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to the old church top
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Till they could grow no higher
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And there they twined
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In a true lover's knot
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For all true lovers to admire
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Barb'ry Allen
Tom Rush
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