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Song «Barbara Allen» von Vernon Dalhart.
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Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1927 (Single B), 1927 (Single B), 1927 03 12 (Rec.)
Label: Vocalion 5140, Brunswick 117
Songwriter Traditional
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Genre: Americana - Folk - Ballads
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[Verse 1] It was in the merry month of May When flowers were a-bloomin' Sweet Willie on his death bed lay For the love of Barbara Allen He sent his servant to the town The town where she did dwell in Sayin', "Master dear has sent me here If your name be Barbara Allen" [Verse 2] 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 dyin' Oh, don't you remember the other day When we were in the tavern? You drank a health to the ladies there And slighted Barbara Allen" [Verse 3] He turned his face unto the wall He turned his back upon her "Adieu, adieu to all my friends Be kind to Barbara Allen" She went on through and through the town She heard his death bells ringin' And every stroke they seemed to say "Oh cruel Barbara Allen" [Verse 4] She looked to the east, she looked to the west She saw his corpse a-comin' "Oh, set him down for me," she cried "That I may gaze upon him" The more she looked, the more she grieved She bursted out to cryin' Sayin', "Pick me up and carry me home For I feel like I am dyin'" [Verse 5] They buried Willie in the old church yard And Barbara in the new one And from Willie's grave there grew a rose And from Barbara's, a green briar They grew, they grew to the old church wall And could not grow any higher And there they tied in a true love's knot The rosewood and the briar