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Everly Brothers Barbara Allen Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 7.37/10 [19 votes]Album: Songs Our Daddy Taught Us / Original Release Date: 1983Genre: CountrySong Duration: 4 min 42 sec
EVERLY BROTHERS
- Barbara Allen Lyrics / with translations'Twas in the merry month of May
When flowers were a-bloomin'
Sweet Willie on his deathbed lay
For the love of Barbara Allen
He sent his servant to the town
The town where she did dwell in
Saying, "Master dear has sent me here
If your name be Barbara Allen"
Then slowly, slowly she got up
And slowly she went to him
And all she said when she got there
"Young man, I think you're dying"
"Do you remember the other day
When we were in the tavern?
You drank your health to the ladies there
And you slighted Barbara Allen"
He turned his face unto the wall
He turned his back upon her
"Adieu, adieu to all my friends
Be kind to Barbara Allen"
She looked to the East, she looked to the West
She saw his corpse a-comin'
"Oh, sit him down for me", she cried
"That I may gaze upon him"
The more she looked the more she grieved
She busted out to cryin'
Sayin', "Pick me up and carry me home
For, I feel like I am dyin'"
They buried Willie in the old churchyard
And Barbara in the new one
From Willie's grave there grew a rose
From Barbara's a green brier
They grew and grew to the old church wall
And could not grow no higher
And there they died in a true love-knot
The rosebush and the brier
When flowers were a-bloomin'
Sweet Willie on his deathbed lay
For the love of Barbara Allen
He sent his servant to the town
The town where she did dwell in
Saying, "Master dear has sent me here
If your name be Barbara Allen"
Then slowly, slowly she got up
And slowly she went to him
And all she said when she got there
"Young man, I think you're dying"
"Do you remember the other day
When we were in the tavern?
You drank your health to the ladies there
And you slighted Barbara Allen"
He turned his face unto the wall
He turned his back upon her
"Adieu, adieu to all my friends
She looked to the East, she looked to the West
She saw his corpse a-comin'
"Oh, sit him down for me", she cried
"That I may gaze upon him"
The more she looked the more she grieved
She busted out to cryin'
Sayin', "Pick me up and carry me home
For, I feel like I am dyin'"
They buried Willie in the old churchyard
And Barbara in the new one
From Willie's grave there grew a rose
From Barbara's a green brier
They grew and grew to the old church wall
And could not grow no higher
And there they died in a true love-knot
The rosebush and the brier
Facts about Barbara Allen
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Barbara Allen is written by Pd Traditional, J Baird.
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It is first released in 1983 as part of Everly Brothers's album "Songs Our Daddy Taught Us" which includes 12 tracks in total. This song is the 6th track on this album.
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When we try to interpret the meaning, the Everly Brothers song 'Barbara Allen' narrates a sorrowful story of one-sided love and regret that ends with the death of the two lovers. The rose and the briar represent their fates that are closely connected and the impossibility of their love to grow. Barbara Allen lyrics mainly talk about heartbreak, love, despair, angst, and reflection. Moreover, the song highlights the dual aspects of unrequited love, regret and sorrow, death and mourning, and reconciliation through death. It conveys the themes of love, death, and grief which some younger children might find difficult to bear. Although the language is soft and suitable for a mixed audience, the emotional charge and historical setting might still need the presence of the parents for the little ones’ listening.
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Barbara Allen falls under the genre Country.
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Barbara Allen song length is 4 minutes and 42 seconds.
Who wrote Barbara Allen lyrics?
Barbara Allen is written by Pd Traditional, J Baird.
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When was Barbara Allen released?
It is first released in 1983 as part of Everly Brothers's album "Songs Our Daddy Taught Us" which includes 12 tracks in total. This song is the 6th track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Barbara Allen lyrics?
When we try to interpret the meaning, the Everly Brothers song 'Barbara Allen' narrates a sorrowful story of one-sided love and regret that ends with the death of the two lovers. The rose and the briar represent their fates that are closely connected and the impossibility of their love to grow. Barbara Allen lyrics mainly talk about heartbreak, love, despair, angst, and reflection. Moreover, the song highlights the dual aspects of unrequited love, regret and sorrow, death and mourning, and reconciliation through death. It conveys the themes of love, death, and grief which some younger children might find difficult to bear. Although the language is soft and suitable for a mixed audience, the emotional charge and historical setting might still need the presence of the parents for the little ones’ listening.
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Which genre is Barbara Allen?
Barbara Allen falls under the genre Country.
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How long is the song Barbara Allen?
Barbara Allen song length is 4 minutes and 42 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Pd Traditional, J BairdRecord Label(s): 1958 Barnaby Records, Inc
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