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All in the merry month of May
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When the green buds they were swellin'
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Young William Green on his death bed lay
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For the love of Barbry Ellen
[Verse 2]
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He sent his servant to the town
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To the place where she was dwellin'
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Saying "Master's sick and he send for you,
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If your name be Barbry Ellen."
[Verse 3]
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So slowly, slowly she got up
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And slowly she came a' nigh him
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And all she said when she got there
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Young man I believe you're dyin'
[Verse 4]
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Oh yes I'm low, I'm very low
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And death is on me dwellin'
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No better, no better I never will be
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If I can't get Barbry Ellen
[Verse 5]
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Oh yes you're low, and very low
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And death is on you dwellin'
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No better, no better you'll never be
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For you can't get Barbry Ellen
[Verse 6]
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For don't you remember in yonder stand
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In yonder stand a' drinkin'
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You passed your glass all around and around
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And you slighted Barbry Ellen
[Verse 7]
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Oh yes I remember in yonder stand
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In yonder stand a drinkin'
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I gave my health to the ladies all around
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But not to Barbry Ellen
[Verse 8]
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He turned his pale face to the wall
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For death was on him dwellin'
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Adieu, adieu, you good neighbors all
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Adieu sweet Barbry Ellen
[Verse 9]
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As she was goin' across the fields
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She heard those death bells a' knellin'
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And ev'ry stroke the death bell give
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Hard-hearted Barbry Ellen
[Verse 10]
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Oh Mother, oh Mother, go make my bed
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Go make it both long and narrow
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Young William's died for me today
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And I'll die for him tomorrow
[Verse 11]
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Oh she was buried 'neath the old church tower
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And he was buried all nigh her
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And out of his bosom grew a red, red rose
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Out of Barbry's grew a green briar
[Verse 12]
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They grew and they grew up the old church tower
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Until they could grow no higher
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They locked in tight in a true lover's not
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Red rose around the green briar
