C               G7             C
    Twas in the merry month of May 
                F(2)      C
When green buds all were swelling, 
              F                Am
Sweet William on his death bed lay
                G7(2)    C
For the love of Barbara Allen


C              G7             C
   He sent his servant to the town 
                   F       C
To the place where she was dwelling 
                F                 Am
Saying you must come to my master dear
                G7      C
If your name be Barbara Allen.


C               G7             C
     So slowly, slowly she got up 
           F        C
And slowly she drew nigh him, 
             F                Am
And the only words to him did say
            G7           C
Young man I think you're dying 


C               G7            C
  He turned his face unto the wall 
              F      C
And death was in him welling, 
              F                 Am
Good-bye good-bye to my friends all
           G7      C
Be good to Barbara Allen

C           G7               C
When he was dead and laid in grave 
              F           C
She heard the death bells knelling 
          F                 Am
And every stroke to her did say 
             G7      C
Hard hearted Barbara Allen 


C                  G7              
      Oh mother oh mother go dig 
   C                 F        C
my grave and make it long and narrow, 
              F                Am
Sweet William died of love for me
           G7     C
And I will die of sorrow


C                     G7              
        And father oh father go dig 
   C                 F        C
My grave and make it long and narrow,
              F             Am
Sweet William died on yesterday 
           G7    C
And I will die tomorrow 


C                     G7
    Barbara Allen was buried in
              C 
the old churchyard 
                  F        C
Sweet William was buried beside her 
               F                   Am
from William's heart, there grew a rose 
             G7        C
form Barbara Allen's a briar 


C                      G7
        They grew and grew in
               C
 the old churchyard 
                F       C
Till they could grow no higher 
                F                      Am
At the end they formed, a true lover's knot 
                  G7        C
And the rose grew round the briar