Barbara Allen's Cruelty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA BABA AAC DEF G HA HAI JAJ KAL MNBN JAJ| IN Scarlet town where I was born | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp There was a fair maid dwellin' | A |
| Made every youth cry Well a way | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Her name was Barbara Allen | A |
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| All in the merry month of May | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp When green buds they were swellin' | A |
| Young Jemmy Grove on his death bed lay | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp For love of Barbara Allen | A |
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| He sent his man in to her then | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To the town where she was dwellin' | A |
| 'O haste and come to my master dear | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp If your name be Barbara Allen ' | - |
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| So slowly slowly rase she up | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And slowly she came nigh him | E |
| And when she drew the curtain by | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp 'Young man I think you're dyin' ' | - |
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| 'O it 's I am sick and very very sick | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And it 's all for Barbara Allen ' | - |
| 'O the better for me ye'se never be | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Tho' your heart's blood were a spillin' | A |
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| 'O dinna ye mind young man ' says she | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp 'When the red wine ye were fillin' | A |
| That ye made the healths go round and round | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And slighted Barbara Allen ' | - |
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| He turn'd his face unto the wall | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And death was with him dealin' | A |
| 'Adieu adieu my dear friends all | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And be kind to Barbara Allen ' | - |
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| As she was walking o'er the fields | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp She heard the dead bell knellin' | A |
| And every jow the dead bell gave | L |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Cried 'Woe to Barbara Allen ' | - |
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| 'O mother mother make my bed | M |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp O make it saft and narrow | N |
| My love has died for me to day | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp I'll die for him to morrow | N |
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| 'Farewell ' she said 'ye virgins all | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And shun the fault I fell in | A |
| Henceforth take warning by the fall | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Of cruel Barbara Allen ' | - |
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