Lyrics Barbara Allen - Joan Baez
'Twas
in
the
merry
month
of
May
When
green
buds
all
were
swellin'
Sweet
William
on
his
death
bed
lay
For
love
of
Barbara
Allen
He
sent
his
servant
to
the
town
To
the
place
where
she
was
dwellin'
Saying,
"You
must
come
to
my
master,
dear
If
your
name
be
Barbara
Allen"
So
slowly,
slowly
she
got
up
And
slowly
she
drew
nigh
him
And
the
only
words
to
him
did
say
"Young
man,
I
think
you're
dying"
He
turned
his
face
unto
the
wall
And
death
was
in
him
wellin'
"Goodbye,
goodbye
to
my
friends
all
Be
good
to
Barbara
Allen"
When
he
was
dead
and
laid
in
grave
She
heard
the
death
bells
knellin'
And
every
stroke
to
her
did
say
"Hard-hearted
Barbara
Allen"
"Oh,
mother,
oh,
mother,
go
dig
my
grave
Make
it
both
long
and
narrow
Sweet
William
died
of
love
for
me
And
I
will
die
of
sorrow"
"And
father,
oh,
father,
go
dig
my
grave
Make
it
both
long
and
narrow
Sweet
William
died
on
yesterday
And
I
will
die
tomorrow"
Barbara
Allen
was
buried
in
the
old
churchyard
Sweet
William
was
buried
beside
her
Out
of
sweet
William's
heart
there
grew
a
rose
Out
of
Barbara
Allen's,
a
briar
They
grew
and
grew
in
the
old
churchyard
Till
they
could
grow
no
higher
At
the
end
they
formed
a
true
lover's
knot
And
the
rose
grew
'round
the
briar
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