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Tom Rush<\/a> - Jean Richi<\/a>e - Joan Baez<\/a> - Dolly Parton<\/a> - Art Garfunkle<\/a> - Bob Dyla<\/a>n - \r\n\"Barbara Allen\"\r\n \r\n \r\nIntro:\r\n    [C]<\/span>\r\n \r\nT'was [C] in the merry month of May\r\nWhen [F] flowers were a-[C]-bloomin'\r\nSweet [F] William on his [C] deathbed lay\r\nFor the love of [G] Barbara [C] Allen\r\n \r\n[C] He sent his servant to the town\r\nThe [F] town where she did dwell [C] in\r\nSaying [F] \"Master dear has [C] sent me here\r\nIf your name be [G] Barbara [C] Allen\"\r\n\r\n[C] Then slowly, slowly she got up\r\nAnd [F] slowly she went [C] to him\r\nAnd [F] all she said when [C] she got there\r\n\"Young man, I [G] think you're [C] dying\"\r\n \r\n[C] \"Oh don't you remember the other day\r\nWhen [F] we were in the [C] tavern?\r\nYou [F] drank your health to the [C] ladies there\r\nAnd you slighted [G] Barbara [C] Allen\"\r\n \r\n[C] He turned his face unto the wall\r\nHe [F] turned his back upon [C] her\r\n[F] \"Adieu! Adieu! To [C] all my friends\r\nBe kind to [G] Barbara [C] Allen\"\r\n \r\n[C] She looked to the east, She looked to the west\r\nShe [F] saw his corpse a-[C]-comin'\r\n\"Oh [F] sit him down for [C] me\" she cried\r\n\"That I may [G] gaze [C] upon him\"\r\n \r\n[C] The more she looked the more she grieved\r\nShe [F] bursted out to [C] cryin'\r\nSayin' [F] \"Pick me up and [C] carry me home\r\nFor I feel like [G] I am [C] dyin'\"\r\n \r\n[C] They buried Willie in the old churchyard\r\nAnd [F] Barbara in the [C] new one\r\nFrom [F] Willie's grave there [C] grew a rose\r\nFrom Barbara's [G] a green [C] briar\r\n \r\n[C] They grew and grew to the old church wall\r\nAnd [F] could not grow no [C] higher\r\nAnd [F] there they died in a [C] true love-knot\r\nThe rosebush [G] and the [C] briar\r\n \r\n<\/span>X<\/span><\/pre>\n
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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] … CLICK TO VIEW SONGBarb’ry Allen<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,173,118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everly-brothers","category-joan-baez","category-hold"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27907"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33915,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27907\/revisions\/33915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}