Barbara Allen- Crawford (NC) 1913 Pound B
[From American Ballads and Songs by Louise Pound, 1922.
R. Matteson 2012]
3. (B) BARBARA ALLEN- Text from North Carolina. Secured by Miss Mary Crawford of the State Normal School at Kearney, Nebraska, in 1913
Honor, Honor, is the town
In which three maids were dwelling.
There is only one I call my own,
Her name is Barbara Allen.
He sent his servant to her town
And he sent him to her dwelling.
"My master, O he's very sick
For the love of Barbara Allen."
Slowly, slowly she rose up,
And to his bedside was going.
She pulled the curtains to aside
And said "Young man, you're a-dying."
He stretched out his pale white hand,
Expecting to touch hers,
She hopped and skipped all over the floor
And "Young man, I won't have ye."
Sweet William died on Saturday night,
And Barbara on Sunday.
The Old Woman died last of all,
She died on Easter Monday.