Barbara Allen-Burl Ives

[ti:Barbara Allen] [ar:Burl Ives] [al:Big Rock Candy Mountain] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Barbara Allen - Burl Ives (布勒·埃夫斯) [00:05.19]In Scarlet Town where I was born [00:08.36] [00:09.94]There was a fair maid dwellin' [00:12.59] [00:13.86]Made every youth cry well a day [00:16.97] [00:18.05]And Her name was Barbara Allen [00:20.96] [00:22.27]It was in the merry merry month of May [00:25.95] [00:27.28]When the green buds they were swellin' [00:30.50] [00:31.26]Sweet William on his death bed lay [00:34.34] [00:34.91]For the love of Barbara Allen [00:37.55] [00:38.82]He sent his servant to the town [00:42.65] [00:43.89]To the place where she was a-dwellin' [00:46.40] [00:47.49]Cried Master bids you come to him [00:51.18] [00:52.14]If your name be Barbery Allen [00:55.25] [00:56.61]Then slowly slowly she got up [01:00.40] [01:01.23]And slowly went she nigh him [01:04.24] [01:05.11]And when she pulled the curtains back [01:07.96] [01:09.05]Said Young man I think you're dyin' [01:11.80] [01:13.17]Oh yes I'm sick I'm very very sick [01:16.14] [01:16.80]And I never will be better [01:20.05] [01:20.98]Until I have the love of one [01:24.29] [01:25.19]The love of Barbery Allen [01:27.83] [01:29.05]Oh can you not in yonder town [01:31.87] [01:33.21]In the place where you were a-dwellin' [01:35.70] [01:37.11]You gave a toast to the ladies all [01:39.95] [01:40.96]But you slighted Barbery Allen [01:43.60] [01:44.64]Oh yes I can I can it well [01:47.30] [01:48.21]In the place where I was a-dwellin' [01:50.88] [01:51.98]I give a toast to the ladies all [01:54.93] [01:56.04]But my love to Barb'ry Allen [01:58.89] [02:00.58]Then lightly tripped she down the stairs [02:03.86] [02:04.79]He trembled like an aspen [02:07.35] [02:08.93]Tis vain tis vain my dear young man [02:13.19] [02:14.28]To hone for Barbery Allen [02:17.00] [02:18.40]She walked out in the green green fields [02:23.17] [02:24.14]She heard his death bells knellin' [02:27.40] [02:28.45]And every stroke they seemed to say [02:31.99] [02:32.86]Hard hearted Barbery Allen [02:35.55] [02:36.39]Her eyes looked east her eyes looked west [02:40.16] [02:40.98]She saw his pale corpse comin' [02:44.43] [02:45.38]She cried Bearers bearers put him down [02:49.78] [02:50.94]That I may look upon him [02:53.92] [02:54.98]The more she looked the more she grieved [03:00.30] [03:01.06]Until she burst out cryin' [03:04.15] [03:05.12]She cried Bearers bearers take him off [03:09.77] [03:10.43]For I am now a-dyin' [03:13.46]Oh father oh father go dig my grave [03:18.42] [03:19.58]Go dig it deep and narrow [03:23.84] [03:25.00]Sweet William died for me today [03:28.74] [03:29.60]I'll die for him tomorrow [03:32.92] [03:34.03]They buried her in the old churchyard [03:38.01] [03:39.20]Sweet William's grave was nigh her [03:43.67] [03:44.46]And from his heart grew a red red rose [03:48.34] [03:49.07]And from her heart a brier [03:52.42] [03:53.71]They grew and they grew over the old church wall [03:58.79] [04:00.04]Till they couldn't grow no higher [04:04.45] [04:05.49]Until they tied a true lover's knot [04:10.12] [04:11.23]The red rose and the brier