Barbary Allen Barbary Allen In Scotland I was born and bred, In Scotland was my dwelling; Till I fell a-courting a pretty maid, Her name was Barbary Allen. From the singing of Danny Brazil, Gloucester 6 January 1966 and Lemmy Brazil, Gloucester 29 September 1967 (Springthyme 66.2.3 & 67.6.22) In: Shepheard, Peter. Folk Songs and Ballads of the Brazil Family of Gloucester (1967) In Scotland I was born and bred, In Scotland was my dwelling; Till I fell a-courting a pretty maid, Her name was Barbary Allen. Look over, look over in yonders field, You’ll see some cows a-feeding; For they are mine they are left for thine, They are left for Barbary Allen. Look down, look down at the foot of my bed, You’ll see a waistcoat hanging, And in the pocket a watch and chain, It’s left for Barbary Allen. Look down look down at the foot of my bed, You’ll see a basin standing; A basin of blood from my heart I’ve shed, For you my Barbary Allen. Oh mother dear make me a bed, Make it soft and narrow, For Johnny died for me today, I’ll die for him tomorrow. Oh parson dear dig me a grave, Dig it neat and narrow, And on my bosom place a red rose, And on Johnny’s a sweet briar. They growed and growed to the top of the chunch, Til they couldn’t grow any higher, And they turned back in a true love’s knot, The rose around the briar. [ BACK ] [ HOME ][ TOP ] |