Barbara Allen-Judy Collins

[ti:Barbara Allen] [ar:Judy Collins] [al:Greatest Folk Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Barbara Allen - Judy Collins [00:23.95]It was in the merry month of May [00:28.63]When the green buds were swelling [00:32.50] [00:33.06]A young man on his death bed lay [00:37.86]For love of Barbara Allen [00:42.90] [00:48.81]He sent his servant to the town [00:53.63]Sent him to her dwelling [00:57.74]My master's sick and he sends for you [01:01.52] [01:02.27]If you are Barbara Allen [01:08.12] [01:13.19]So slowly slowly she got up [01:17.68]Slowly she would nigh him [01:21.40] [01:22.02]And all she said she when got there was [01:26.97]My true love you're dying [01:32.96] [01:42.27]He turned his face unto the wall [01:47.22]Death was in him dwelling [01:51.47]Adieu adieu to my sweet friends all [01:56.29]Be kind to Barbara Allen [02:01.83] [02:07.14]As she walked down the road to home [02:11.76]She saw his hearse a-comin' [02:15.53] [02:16.15]"Oh lay him down on the cold cold ground [02:20.42] [02:21.62]That I may gaze up on him [02:27.06] [02:36.98]Oh mother mother make my bed [02:41.79]Make it soft and narrow [02:46.09]For my true love has died today [02:51.10]I'll die for him tomorrow [02:57.62] [03:02.51]They buried her by the old church tower [03:07.75]In there lay beside her [03:11.99]And from her grave grew red red rose [03:16.87]And from his grave grew brier [03:22.70] [03:29.09]They grew to the top of the old church tower [03:34.12]Till they could grow no higher [03:38.86]And there they tied in a true love's knot [03:44.79] [03:46.04]The red red rose and the brier