For the Love of Barbara Allen

Sweet Willie on his deathbed lay
"Oh, sit him down for me", she cried

From Willie's grave there grew a rose
Be kind to Barbara Allen"
Then slowly, slowly she got up

And could not grow no higher
And you slighted Barbara Allen"
"That I may gaze upon him"
"Oh, don't you remember the other day
He sent his servant to the town
"Adieu, adieu to all my friends

For, I feel like I am dyin'"
The town where she did dwell in
When we were in the tavern?
From Barbara's a green brier
And all she said when she got there

He turned his face unto the wall
He turned his back upon her
The more she looked the more she grieved
And there they died in a true love-knot
You drank your health to the ladies there
They buried Willie in the old churchyard
And slowly she went to him
For the love of Barbara Allen

Saying, "Master dear has sent me here
Sayin', "Pick me up and carry me home
They grew and grew to the old church wall
It remained for Barbara Allen"
She saw his corpse a-comin'
"Young man, I think you're dying"
She looked to the East, she looked to the West
And Barbara in the new one

She busted out to cryin'