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In Scarlet Town where I was bornThere was a fair maid dwellingAnd every youth cried well awayFor her name was Barbary Allen'Twas in the merry month of MayThe green buds were a swellingSweet William on his deathbed layFor the love of Barbary AllenHe sent a servant unto herTo the place where she was dwellingSaying "You must come to his deathbed nowIf your name be Barbary Allen."Well slowly, slowly got she upAnd slowly she came nigh himAnd the only words to him she said"Young man, I think you're dyin'."As she was walking o'er the fieldsShe heard the death bell knellingAnd every stroke it seemed to say"Hardhearted Barbary Allen."Oh mother, mother make my bedSongtexteAnd make it long and narrowSweet William died for me todayBut I'll die for him tomorrowThey buried her in the old churchyardThey buried him the choirAnd from his grave grew a red, red roseAnd from her grave a briarThey grew and grew to the steeple top'Til they could grow no higherAnd there they twined in a true love's knotRed rose around green briarAnd there they twined in a true love's knotRed rose around green briar Aus Songtexte Mania