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Intro: E e|-----16~------| B|----17~-------| G|---16~--------| D|--14~---------| A|--------------| E|--------------| E T'was in the merry month of May A E When flowers were a-bloomin' A E Sweet Willie on his deathbed lay B E For the love of Barbara Allen E He sent his servant to the town A E The town where she did dwell in A E Saying 'Master dear has sent me here B E If your name be Barbara Allen' E Then slowly, slowly she got up A E And slowly she went to him A E And all she said when she got there B E 'Young man, I think you're dying' E 'Oh don't you remember the other day A E When we were in the tavern? A E You drank your health to the ladies there B E And you slighted Barbara Allen' E He turned his face unto the wall A E He turned his back upon her A E 'Adieu! Adieu! To all my friends B E Be kind to Barbara Allen' E She looked to the east, She looked to the west A E She saw his corpse a-comin' A E 'Oh sit him down for me' she cried B E 'That I may gaze upon him' E The more she looked the more she grieved A E She bursted out to cryin' A E Sayin' 'Pick me up and carry me home B E For I feel like I am dyin'' E They buried Willie in the old churchyard A E And Barbara in the new one A E From Willie's grave there grew a rose B E From Barbara's a green briar E They grew and grew to the old church wall A E And could not grow no higher A E And there they died in a true love-knot B E The rosebush and the briar End
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