Barbary Allen

All in the merry month of May When the green buds they were swellin' Young William Green on his death bed lay For the love of Barbry Ellen He sent his servant to the town To the place where she was dwellin' Saying "Master's sick and he send for you, If your name be Barbry Ellen." So slowly, slowly she got up And slowly she came a' nigh him And all she said when she got there Young man I believe you're dyin' Oh yes I'm low, I'm very low And death is on me dwellin' No better, no better I never will be If I can't get Barbry Ellen Oh yes you're low, and very low And death is on you dwellin' No better, no better you'll never be For you can't get Barbry Ellen For don't you remember in yonder stand In yonder stand a' drinkin' You passed your glass all around and around And you slighted Barbry Ellen Oh yes I remember in yonder stand In yonder stand a drinkin' I gave my health to the ladies all around But not to Barbry Ellen He turned his pale face to the wall For death was on him dwellin' Adieu, adieu, you good neighbors all Adieu sweet Barbry Ellen As she was goin' across the fields She heard those death bells a' knellin' And ev'ry stroke the death bell give Hard-hearted Barbry Ellen Oh Mother, oh Mother, go make my bed Go make it both long and narrow Young William's died for me today And I'll die for him tomorrow Oh she was buried 'neath the old church tower And he was buried all nigh her And out of his bosom grew a red, red rose Out of Barbry's grew a green briar They grew and they grew up the old church tower Until they could grow no higher They locked in tight in a true lover's not Red rose around the green briar