Barb’ry Allen – On the Rocks

NEW STUFF :: TONIGHT :: 25 RANDOM :: ARTIST :: CATEGORIZED :: 500 E-Z :: CHORDS QUICK :: CHORDS EXTENSIVE :: RC DASH
Tom Rush - Jean Richie - Joan Baez - Dolly Parton - Art Garfunkle - Bob Dylan - 
"Barbara Allen"
 
 
Intro:
    [C]
 
T'was [C] in the merry month of May
When [F] flowers were a-[C]-bloomin'
Sweet [F] William on his [C] deathbed lay
For the love of [G] Barbara [C] Allen
 
[C] He sent his servant to the town
The [F] town where she did dwell [C] in
Saying [F] "Master dear has [C] sent me here
If your name be [G] Barbara [C] Allen"

[C] Then slowly, slowly she got up
And [F] slowly she went [C] to him
And [F] all she said when [C] she got there
"Young man, I [G] think you're [C] dying"
 
[C] "Oh don't you remember the other day
When [F] we were in the [C] tavern?
You [F] drank your health to the [C] ladies there
And you slighted [G] Barbara [C] Allen"
 
[C] He turned his face unto the wall
He [F] turned his back upon [C] her
[F] "Adieu! Adieu! To [C] all my friends
Be kind to [G] Barbara [C] Allen"
 
[C] She looked to the east, She looked to the west
She [F] saw his corpse a-[C]-comin'
"Oh [F] sit him down for [C] me" she cried
"That I may [G] gaze [C] upon him"
 
[C] The more she looked the more she grieved
She [F] bursted out to [C] cryin'
Sayin' [F] "Pick me up and [C] carry me home
For I feel like [G] I am [C] dyin'"
 
[C] They buried Willie in the old churchyard
And [F] Barbara in the [C] new one
From [F] Willie's grave there [C] grew a rose
From Barbara's [G] a green [C] briar
 
[C] They grew and grew to the old church wall
And [F] could not grow no [C] higher
And [F] there they died in a [C] true love-knot
The rosebush [G] and the [C] briar
 
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