作曲 : Everly Isaac Donald In London City where I was born And where I got my learnin', I fell in love with a blue-eyed girl And her name was Barb'ru Allen. It was in the month of May When green buds they were swellin'; Young William come from the western states And he courted Barb'ru Allen. Sometime then a little later on When the buds was bloomin', Young William on his death bed lay For the love of Barb'ru Allen. He sent his servant to the town To the town where she was dwellin': "My master's sick and he bids you come If your name be Barb'ru Allen." Slowly, slowly she got up And slowly she came nigh him, And all she said when she got there: "Young man, I think you're dyin'." "Oh, yes, I'm sick; I'm very sick And death is on me dwellin'. No better, no better I ever shall be If I can't have Barb'ru Allen." "Don't you remember the other day? You was in the tavern drinkin'. You gave a health to the ladies all around But you slighted Barb'ru Allen." "Yes, I remember the other day. I was in the tavern drinkin'. I made a health to the ladies all around; Gave my love to Barb'ru Allen." He turned his pale face to the wall For death was drawin' nigh him: "Farewell, farewell, my dear friends all. Be kind to Barb'ru Allen." As she was walkin' o'er the hill She heard the death-bells knellin', And every stroke, it seemed to say: "Hard-hearted Barb'ru Allen." She looked to the east and looked to the west. She saw his cold corpse comin'. The more she looked, the more she wept. She busted out a-cryin'. "Lay down, lay down that corpse," she said, "That I may look upon it." The more she looked, the more she wept. She busted out a-weepin'. "O mother, go and make my bed And make it long and narrow. William died for me today; I'll die for him tomorrow. "O father, O father, go dig my grave And dig it deep and narrow. Young William died for me today; I'll die for him tomorrow." They buried them both in the old church-yard. They buried her beside him. From William's grave grew a red, red rose. From Barb'ru's grew a briar. They grew and grew to the old church top Till they could grow no higher. They all tied up in a true love's knot. The rose run round the briar.
[00:00.000] 作曲 : Everly Isaac Donald [00:05.981] In London City where I was born [00:10.548] And where I got my learnin', [00:14.969] I fell in love with a blue-eyed girl [00:19.240] And her name was Barb'ru Allen. [00:26.042] It was in the month of May [00:29.780] When green buds they were swellin'; [00:33.953] Young William come from the western states [00:38.531] And he courted Barb'ru Allen. [00:44.428] Sometime then a little later on [00:49.418] When the buds was bloomin', [00:53.006] Young William on his death bed lay [00:57.558] For the love of Barb'ru Allen. [01:04.321] He sent his servant to the town [01:07.200] To the town where she was dwellin': [01:12.058] "My master's sick and he bids you come [01:16.975] If your name be Barb'ru Allen." [01:22.644] Slowly, slowly she got up [01:26.935] And slowly she came nigh him, [01:31.497] And all she said when she got there: [01:35.642] "Young man, I think you're dyin'." [01:41.622] "Oh, yes, I'm sick; I'm very sick [01:45.469] And death is on me dwellin'. [01:49.929] No better, no better I ever shall be [01:54.935] If I can't have Barb'ru Allen." [02:02.691] "Don't you remember the other day? [02:07.355] You was in the tavern drinkin'. [02:11.213] You gave a health to the ladies all around [02:15.834] But you slighted Barb'ru Allen." [02:21.499] "Yes, I remember the other day. [02:26.304] I was in the tavern drinkin'. [02:30.141] I made a health to the ladies all around; [02:34.296] Gave my love to Barb'ru Allen." [02:41.716] He turned his pale face to the wall [02:46.740] For death was drawin' nigh him: [02:50.902] "Farewell, farewell, my dear friends all. [02:55.463] Be kind to Barb'ru Allen." [03:02.443] As she was walkin' o'er the hill [03:07.867] She heard the death-bells knellin', [03:12.131] And every stroke, it seemed to say: [03:16.100] "Hard-hearted Barb'ru Allen." [03:22.355] She looked to the east and looked to the west. [03:26.578] She saw his cold corpse comin'. [03:31.386] The more she looked, the more she wept. [03:35.418] She busted out a-cryin'. [03:41.069] "Lay down, lay down that corpse," she said, [03:44.835] "That I may look upon it." [03:50.197] The more she looked, the more she wept. [03:53.974] She busted out a-weepin'. [03:59.980] "O mother, go and make my bed [04:04.844] And make it long and narrow. [04:09.729] William died for me today; [04:13.546] I'll die for him tomorrow. [04:19.537] "O father, O father, go dig my grave [04:23.253] And dig it deep and narrow. [04:28.138] Young William died for me today; [04:32.581] I'll die for him tomorrow." [04:39.169] They buried them both in the old church-yard. [04:43.340] They buried her beside him. [04:47.645] From William's grave grew a red, red rose. [04:52.193] From Barb'ru's grew a briar. [04:58.001] They grew and grew to the old church top [05:02.141] Till they could grow no higher. [05:06.457] They all tied up in a true love's knot. [05:11.155] The rose run round the briar.
