Barbara Allen Lyrics - Foreverly - Billie Joe + Norah

T'was in the merry month of May 

When flowers were a-bloomin' 

Sweet Willie on his deathbed lay 

For the love of Barbara Allen 

He sent his servant to the town 

The town where she did dwell in 

Saying "Master dear has sent me here 

If your name be Barbara Allen" 

Then slowly, slowly she got up 

And slowly she went to him 

And all she said when she got there 

"Young man, I think you're dying" 

"Oh don't you remember the other day 

When we were in the tavern? 

You drank your health to the ladies there 

And you slighted Barbara Allen" 

He turned his face unto the wall 

He turned his back upon her 

"So long, farewell to all my friends 

Be kind to Barbara Allen" 

She looked to the east, she looked to the west 

She saw his corpse a-comin' 

"Oh sit him down for me" she cried 

"That I may gaze upon him" 

The more she looked the more she grieved 

She bursted out a-cryin' 

Sayin' "Pick me up and carry me home 

For I feel like I am dyin'" 

They buried Willie in the old churchyard 

And Barbara in the new one 

From Willie's grave there grew a rose 

From Barbara's a green briar 

They grew and grew to the old church wall 

And could not grow no higher 

And there they died in a true love-knot 

The rosebush and the briar