From THE LARK IN THE MORNING, Liam Clancy, Tommy Makem, Family & Friends, Tradition, recorded in 1955. I'd like to complete and correct this transcriprion from the singing of THOMAS BAYNES. I miss many words and whole phrases, and I'm not sure of what I've written down. Help would be much appreciated. Thanks. R

Springtime comes but once a year
When all things are in blossom
Sweet William on his death bed lay
For the love of Barbara Ellen

She loved him and he loved her
And in ...(Henry's ???) heart was a-dwellin'
Sweet William ..... lay down ...
For the love of Barbara Ellen

Do you remember in the old town inn
In the old town inn a-drinkin' ?
I gave a toast to the ladies ...
My heart to Barbara Ellen

As she was walking down the road
She heard the birds a-singin'
And what she thought the birdies sang
Was – Hard-hearted Barbara Ellen

As she was passing the old church-yard
The old church bells were ringing
And what she thought the ... rang out
Was – Hard hearted Barbara Ellen

Then she looked to the east and she looked to the west
Till she spied the funeral comin'
Lay down, lay down that corpse of clay
Till I will gaze upon him

Oh, the more she looked, oh, the more she moaned
Till she fell to the ground a-cryin'
Sayin' – Pick me up and carry me home
For 't is now ... I am dyin'

Oh father, go and make my gravc
Oh make it long and narrow
For my love died for me last night
I'll die for him tomorrow

They both were buried in an old church-yard
And she was buried nigh him
O'er her (?) grave grew a rosy red
O'er Barbara's grew a briar

They both grow (?) up to a steeple top
Till they couldn't climb any higher
Then they mingled together in a true lover's knot
The red rose and the briar