Barbara Allen

X:0
T:Barbara Allen
F:http://vwml.org/record/CJS2/10/611
S:William Durkin of Ilminster, Somerset
Z:Transcribed by Alice Baillie, January 2014
M:5/4
L:1/4
K:G
D | G G B2 G | E E E2 F | A A A2 G
w:All in the mer-ry month of May when green leaves were a 
[M:4/4]F A2 D |  [M:5/4] d d B2 G | c c B2 G | 
w:spring-ing This young man on his death bed lay For 
A c E2 D | E G G B B/2 B/2 | d d B2 D | 
w:love of Bar-bra All-en All-en For the love of Bar-bra
E G2 | | 
w:All-en
%line 1 bar 4 lacks 4/4 correction in original - or perhaps the minim ought to have been dotted instead? Similarly final note perhaps ought to be dotted as only one-crotchet pickup
%Note inconsistent spelling of Barbara/Barbra between lyrics and title

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