Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Barbriallen, artist - Simon & Garfunkel.
Date of issue: 31.12.2020
Song language: English
Barbriallen |
It was in the merry month of May |
When green bugs were a-swelling |
Sweet William on his death bed lay |
For the love of Barbriallen |
He sent his servant to the town |
The place where she’d been dwelling |
Say master dear has sent me here |
If your name be Barbriallen |
And slowly, slowly she got up |
And slowly she went to him |
And all she said when she got there |
Young man I think you are dying |
Oh, don’t you remember the other day |
When we where in a tavern |
You drank your health to the ladies there |
And you slided Barbriallen |
He turned his face unto the wall |
He turned his back upon her |
Adieu, adieu to all my friends |
Be kind to Barbriallen |
She looked to the east, she looked to the west |
She saw his corpse a-coming |
Oh, put him down for me she cried |
That I may gaze upon him |
The more she looked, the more she grieved |
She bursted it out in crying |
Oh, pick me up and carry me home |
For I feel like I am dying |
They buried sweet Willy in the old church yard |
And Barbara in the new one |
From Willy’s grave there grew a rose |
From Barbara’s a green briar |
They grew and they grew on the old church wall |
And could not grow no higher |
And there they tied in a true love’s knot |
The rose bush and the briar. |