Barbara Allen Songtext
von Grayson Capps

In Scarlet town, where I was born, there was a fair maid dwellin′
Made every youth cry, "Well a day" her name was Barbara Allen

'Twas in the very month of May, green buds they were swellin′
Sweet William on his deathbed lay for the love of Barbara Allen
He sent his servant to her house, the place where she was dwellin'
Says you must come to my master's house if your name be Barbara Allen


A dying man, oh look at me, one kiss from you shall cure me
One kiss from me, you′ll never get, while your poor heart is a breakin′
She walked back home through the fields, heard some birds a singin'
And as they sang, they seemed to say, "Hard-hearted Barbara Allen"

Mother go make my bed, make it long and narrow
My true love died for me yesterday, I shall die for him tomorrow

She was buried in the church house yard
He was buried there beside her
And from his grave grew roses red, from hers grew green briar

They grew, and they grew so very high, ′til they could grow no higher
And at the top grew a true lover's knot, twined with green briar