[Verse 1: BIllie]
T'was in the merry month of May
When flowers were a-bloomin'
Sweet Willie on his deathbed lay
For the love of Barbara Allen

[Verse 2: BIllie]
He sent his servant to the town
The town where she did dwell in
Saying, "Master dear has sent me here
If your name is Barbara Allen"

[Verse 3: Billie & Norah]
Then slowly, slowly she got up
And slowly she went to him
And all she said when she got there
"Young man, I think you're dying"

[Verse 4: Billie & Norah]
"Oh don't you remember the other day
When we were in the tavern?
You drank your health to the ladies there
And you slighted Barbara Allen

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[Verse 4: Billie]
He turned his face unto the wall
He turned his back upon her
So long farewell to all my friends
Be kind to Barbara Allen

[Verse 5: Billie & Norah]
She looked to the east, she looked to the west
She saw his corpse a-comin'
"Oh sit him down for me" she cried
"That I may gaze upon him"

[Verse 6: Billie & Norah]
The more she looked the more she grieved
She bursted out to cryin'
Sayin', "Pick me up and carry me home
For I feel like I am dyin'"

[Verse 7: Billie, Billie & Norah]
They buried Willie in the old churchyard
And Barbara in the new one
From Willie's grave there grew a rose
From Barbara's a green briar

[Verse 8: Billie & Norah]
They grew and grew to the old church wall
And could not grow no higher
And there they died in a true love-knot
The rosebush and the briar