Songtext von B.Allen

In Scarlet Town where I was born There was a fair maid dwelling And every youth cried well away For her name was Barbary Allen 'Twas in the merry month of May The green buds were a swelling Sweet William on his deathbed lay For the love of Barbary Allen He sent a servant unto her To the place where she was dwelling Saying "You must come to his deathbed now If your name be Barbary Allen." Well slowly, slowly got she up And slowly she came nigh him And the only words to him she said "Young man, I think you're dyin'." As she was walking o'er the fields She heard the death bell knelling And every stroke it seemed to say "Hardhearted Barbary Allen." Oh mother, mother make my bed And make it long and narrow Sweet William died for me today But I'll die for him tomorrow They buried her in the old churchyard They buried him the choir And from his grave grew a red, red rose And from her grave a briar They grew and grew to the steeple top 'Til they could grow no higher And there they twined in a true love's knot Red rose around green briar And there they twined in a true love's knot Red rose around green briar