Текст песни: Barbara Allen (Child 64) + перевод

In Scarlet town where I was born

There was a fair maid dwelling

And every youth cried well away

For her name was Barbara Allen

Twas in the merry month of May

The green buds were a swelling

Sweet William on his deathbed lay

For the love of Barbara Allen

He sent a servant unto her

To the place she was dwelling

Saying you must come to his deathbed now

If your name be Barbara Allen

Slowly, slowly she got up

Slowly, slowly she came nigh him

And the only words to him she said

Young man I think you’re dying

As she was walking o’er the fields

She heard the death bell knelling

And every stroke it seemed to say

Hardhearted Barbara Allen

Oh, mother, mother, make my bed

Make it long and make it narrow

Sweet William died for me today

I’ll die for him tomorrow

They buried her in the old churchyard

They buried him in the choir

And from his grave grew a red red rose

From her grave a green briar

They grew and grew to the steeple top

Till they could grow no higher

And there they twined in a true love’s knot

Red rose around green briar

In Scarlet town where I was born

There was a fair maid dwelling

And every youth cried well away

For her name was Barbara Allen

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