Barbara Allen-Bob Dylan

[ti:Barbara Allen] [ar:Bob Dylan] [al:Folk Singer-Humdinger, Vol. 2: Just About as Good as It Gets!] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Barbara Allen - Bob Dylan [00:04.68]In Charlotte town not far from here [00:10.02] [00:13.21]There was a fair maid dwellin' [00:16.54] [00:21.98]And her name was known both far and near [00:26.14] [00:31.91]And her name was Barbara Allen [00:35.57] [00:43.02]'Twas in the merry month of May [00:47.23] [00:50.60]Green buds they were swellin' [00:53.29] [00:56.58]Poor William on his death bed lay [01:00.42] [01:03.42]For the love of Barbara Allen [01:10.19] [01:17.01]He sent his man down to town [01:20.22] [01:23.61]To the place that she was dwellin' [01:26.64] [01:32.11]Sayin' Master Bids your company [01:35.34] [01:39.35]If your name is Barbara Allen [01:43.14] [01:55.54]Oh slowly slowly she got up [01:59.07] [02:02.35]To the place where he was lyin' [02:05.26] [02:09.79]And when she pulled the curtain back [02:13.05] [02:18.02]Said Young man I believe you're dying [02:25.02] [02:31.87]Oh yes oh yes I'm very sick [02:35.02] [02:39.08]And I shall never get better [02:41.83] [02:46.30]Unless I have the love of one [02:49.63] [02:54.74]The love of Barbara Allen [03:00.22] [03:06.96]Don't you remember not long ago [03:10.88] [03:14.18]The day down in the tavern [03:17.14] [03:21.45]You toasted all the ladies there [03:24.84] [03:28.54]But you slighted Barbara Allen [03:31.66] [03:37.37]Oh yes oh yes I remember well [03:40.72] [03:44.23]That day down in the tavern [03:47.13] [03:51.55]I toasted all the ladies there [03:55.53] [03:58.44]But I gave my heart to Barbara Allen [04:04.60] [04:11.53]She looked to the east she looked to the west [04:15.64] [04:19.42]She saw his pale corpse a comin' [04:23.51] [04:27.80]Cryin' [04:29.26]Put him down and leave him there [04:31.19] [04:34.22]So I might gaze upon him [04:37.25] [04:44.10]The more she gazed the more she mourned [04:47.82] [04:51.35]Until she burst out cryin' [04:54.45] [04:57.90]Sayin' I beg you come and take him away [05:01.68] [05:04.61]For my heart now too is dyin' [05:08.83] [05:15.05]Oh father father come dig my grave [05:19.24] [05:23.12]Dig it wide an' narrow [05:26.32] [05:29.62]Poor William died for me today [05:32.65] [05:35.68]I'll die for him tomorrow [05:39.80] [05:47.37]They buried him in the old churchyard [05:52.20] [05:55.64]They buried her beside him [05:59.63] [06:03.97]And from his heart grew a red red rose [06:08.19] [06:10.35]And from her heart a briar [06:14.63] [06:20.79]They grew they grew so awful high [06:24.93] [06:27.84]Till they could grow no higher [06:31.34] [06:35.11]An' 'twas there they tied a lover's knot [06:38.53] [06:42.04]The red rose and the briar [06:49.59] [07:04.96]In Charlotte town not far from here [07:08.43] [07:13.00]There was a maid a dwellin' [07:17.02] [07:22.54]Had a name was known both far and near [07:26.46] [07:31.74]An' her name was Barbara Allen