Isobel Campbell - Barbara Ellen lyrics

It was in the merry, merry month of May When the green buds, they were swelling Young William green on his d**hbed lay For the love of Barbara Ellen He sent his servant to her town To the place where she was dwelling Saying master's sick and he sends for you If your name is Barbara Ellen So slowly, slowly she got up And slowly she came nigh him And all she said when she got there "Young man, I believe you're dying" "Oh yes, I'm low, I am very low And d**h is on me dwelling No better, no better I ever will be For I can't get Barbara Ellen" "Oh yes, you're low, you are very low And d**h is on you dwelling No better, no better you ever will be For you can't get Barbara Ellen" Oh don't you remember in yonder's town In yonder's town a drinking You raised your gla** all around And you slighted Barbara Ellen Oh yes, I remember in yonder's town In yonder's town a drinking I gave my health to the ladies all around But my heart to Barbara Ellen He turned his pale face to the wall For d**h was on him dwelling "Adieu, adieu, good neighbors all Adieu sweet Barbara Ellen" As she was going across the fields She heard those d**h bells knelling And every stroke the dead-bell gave "Hard-hearted Barbara Ellen" "Oh mother, Mother, make my bed Go make it long and narrow Young William's died for me today And I'll die for him tomorrow" Oh, she was laid in the old church wall And he was buried nigh her And out of his bosom grew a red, red rose And out of hers a briar They grew, they grew up the old church tower Till they could grow no higher They locked and they tied in a true lover's knot The red rose around the briar