Barbara Allen-Moses Clear Rock Platt

Barbara Allen - Various All Christmas comes but once a year And the green leaves they are fallen Young Edmund on his pillow lay For love of Barbara Allen He sent his servants out one day To the place where she was dwelling My master wants one word with you If your name be Barbara Allen One word from me he never will get Nor any young man breathing One word from me he never will get If his heart was fairly breaking So slowly slowly she got up And slowly she puts on her And slowly to his bedside Saying "Young man you are dying" I'm lying low and very very ill And the grave shall be my dwelling One kiss from you would cure me now My bonny Barbara Allen One kiss from me you never will get Nor any young man breathing One kiss from me you never will get If your heart was fairly breaking Look up look up at my bed head And there you will see it hanging My gold watch and my silver chain Bestow to Barbara Allen He turned his pale face to the wall And death came to him creeping Farewell farewell to my friends all And be kind to Barbara Allen She looked east and she looked west And she heard the small birds singing They sang so sweet and seemed to say Hard-hearted Barbara Allen Oh mother oh mother go dig my grave Go dig it long and narrow My young man died for me today And for him I'll die tomorrow One was buried in St Mary's churchyard The other in St Peter's Out of her grave there grew a red rose And out of his a briar They grew so high so very very high 'Til they could go no higher They met at the top in a true lover's knot And it's there they'll remain forever