Jo Stafford - Barbara Allen Lyrics

Lyrics Barbara Allen - Jo Stafford



All in the merry month of May
When the green buds they were swelling,
William Green on his death-bed lay
For the love of Barbara Allen.
He sent his servant to the town
To the place where she was dwelling
Saying "Love, there is a call for you
If your name is Barbara Allen."
She was very slowly getting up
And very slowly going,
The only words she said to him
Were "Young man I think you're dying."
"Don't you remember the other day
When you were in town a-drinking,
You drank a health to the ladies all around
And slighted Barbara Allen?"
"O yes, I remember the other day
When I was in town a-drinking,
I drank a health to the ladies all around,
But my love to Barbara Allen."
He turned his pale face to the wall
And death was in him dwelling;
"Adieu, adieu, to my friends all,
Be kind to Barbara Allen."
When she got in two miles of town
She heard the death bells ringing:
They rang so clear, as if to say
"Hard-hearted Barbara Allen!"
So she looked east and she looked west
And saw the cold corpse coming,
She says "Come round you nice young man
And let me look upon you."
The more she looked the more she grieved
Until she burst out crying
"Perhaps I could have saved that young man's life
Who now is here a-lying."
"O Mother, O Mother, come make my bed
O make it both soft and narrow,
For sweet William died to-day
And I will die to-morrow."
"O Father, O Father, come dig my grave
O dig it deep and narrow,
For sweet William died in love
And I will die in sorrow."
Sweet William was buried in the old church tomb,
Barbara Allen was buried in the yard;
Out of William's heart grew a red rose,
Out of Barbara Allen's grew a brier.
They grew and grew to the old church tower
And they could not grow any higher;
And at the end tied a true lover's knot
And the rose wrapped around the brier.



Writer(s): Paul Weston


Jo Stafford - Reflections the Ultimate Collection
Album Reflections the Ultimate Collection
date of release
10-07-2009

1 You Belong To Me
2 With a Little Bit of Luck
3 Keep It a Secret
4 Beyond the Stars
5 Nearer My Love to Me
6 What's Botherin' You, Baby?
7 Smilin' Through
8 All Yours
9 Goodnight Irene
10 Lazy Moon
11 Underneath the Overpass
12 Warm All Over
13 Whispering Hope
14 If It Takes Me All My Life
15 As I Love You
16 The Christmas Blues
17 Love Me Good
18 A Perfect Love
19 I'll Be There (When You Get Lonely)
20 If
21 Bells Are Ringing
22 The Nightwatch
23 I May Never Pass This Way Again
24 Where Are You?
25 When April Comes Again
26 Big D
27 You Don't Remind Me
28 The Temple of an Understanding Heart
29 Spring Is Here
30 Don't Get Around Much Anymore
31 Poor Wayfaring Stranger
32 He's Gone Away
33 I Wonder As I Wander
34 Red Rosey Bush
35 Black Is the Color
36 The Nightin Gale
37 Barbara Allen
38 No Other Lov
39 It Was So Beautiful (And You Were Mine)
40 It's Great to Be Alive
41 Love Is a Masquerad
42 Sometime
43 Here I'll Stay
44 On the Outgoing Tide
45 Ave Maria
46 Make Love to Me
47 When It's Sleepy Time Down South
48 Early Autumn
49 Thank You For Calling
50 I'm Your Girl
51 It Is No Secret
52 I Found A Friend
53 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
54 The Beautiful Garden of Prayer
55 The Lord Is My Shepherd
56 Lord, Keep Your Hand On Me
57 Pine Top's Boogie
58 Star of Love
59 My Heart Is From Missouri
60 Echoes In the Night
61 You're Starting To Get To Me
62 It's Never Quite the Same
63 It Won't Be Easy
64 Hibiscus
65 On London Bridge
66 All Night Long
67 Sweet Little Darlin'
68 How Can We Say Goodbye
69 Wind In the Willow
70 I'll Buy It




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