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BARBARA ALLEN.
It was in and about the Martinmas time,
When the green leaves were a falling,
That Sir John Graham, in the welt countrie,
Fell in love with Barbara Allen.
He fent his man down through the town.
To the place where fhe was dwelling :
O ! hafte and cum to my mailer dear.
Gin ye be Barbara Allen.
O! hooly, hooly, rofe (lie up,
To the place where he was lying,
And when fhe drew the curtain by,
Young man, I think you’re dying.
O ! dinna ye mind, young man, faid Ihe,
When ye the cups was fillin.
That ye made the healths gae round and round,
And flighted Barbara Allen.
He turn’d his face unto the wa’.
And death was wi’ him dealing:
Adieu, adieu, my dear friends a’.
Be kind to Barbara Allen.
And (lowly, flowly, refe Ihe up.
And (lowly, (lowly, left him;
And fighing faid, (he cou’d not (lay.
Since death of life had reft him.
O! I am Tick, and very fick,
And ’tis a’ for Barbara Allen:
O ! the better for me ye’s never be,
Tho’ your heart’s blood were a fpilling.
She had nae gane a mile but twa.
When fhe heard the dead-bell knelling.
And ev'ry jow the dead bell gied,
Cry’d, woe to Barbara Allen.
O! mither, mither, mak my bed,
O ! mak it faft and narrow.
Since my love died for me to-day,
I’ll die for him to-morrow.
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