Chords:
{t:Barbara Allen - Collins}
{artist:Shirley Collins}
{key: Em}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgP3xoOrJicGm so capo 3
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[Em] It was round and about last [D] Martinmas [B7] tide
When the [Em] green [D] leaves were [Em] swellin'
That [Em] young Jimmy Grove of the [D] West Coun-[B7]try
Fell in [Am] love with Barb'ry [Em] Allen
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He [G] sent his [D] men in-[G]to the [Em] town
To the [G] place where [D] she was [C] dwellin'
"Oh [G] will you [D] come to my [G] master, [Em] dear,
If your [G] name be [D] Barb'ry [Em] Allen?"
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And [Em] slowly, slowly [D] got she [B7] up
And [Am] slowly came she [Em] nigh him
And [Em] all she said when [G] there she [B7] came
"Young [Em] man, I [D] think you're [Em] dyin'"
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"Oh, [G] yes, I'm [D] sick, I'm [G] very [Em] sick
In-[G]deed I [D] think I'm [C] dyin'
But a [G] word from [D] you would re-[G]vive me [Em] again
Oh [G] lovely [B7] Barb'ry [Em] Allen"
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"Do [Em] you recall, young [D] man," she [B7] said,
"When the [Em] red wine [D] you were [Em] spillin',
How you [Em] made the ladies' [D] health go [B7] round
And you [Em] slighted [Am] Barb'ry [Em] Allen?"
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And [G] death is [D] printed [G] on his [Em] face
And [G] all his [D] heart is [C] stealin'
And [G] again he [D] cried as she [G] left his [Em] side
"Hard-[G]hearted [B7] Barb'ry [Em] Allen!"
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As [Em] she was goin' [G] over the [B7] field
She [Em] heard the [D] death bells [Em] tollin'
And [Em] every sound that [D] death bell [B7] gave:
"Hard-[Am] hearted Barb'ry [Em] Allen!"
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"Oh [G] mother, [D] mother [G] make my [Em] bed
Oh [G] make it [D] soft and [C] narrow
Since [G] Jimmy [D] died for [G] me to-[Em]day
I'll [G] die for [Bm] him to-[Em]morrow"
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