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01 Jan 05 - 02:27 PM (#1368846) Subject: Lyr Req: thomas baynes' barbara ellen From: Roberto 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 |
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01 Jan 05 - 07:44 PM (#1369046) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: thomas baynes' barbara ellen From: GEST Here's a version which looks closer to yours than those already in the DT: Barbara Allen (Barbry Ellen) It was early early in the spring, As the flowers they were budding; Young Jamie on his deathbed lay, For the love of Barbara Allen. Slowly, slowly as she went down, To the place where he was lying; She gently drew the curtains back, And she says, "Young man, you're dying." "A dying man I know I am, One kiss from you would cure me." "One kiss from me you will never more get, If your poor heart is breaking. "Don't you remember last Saturday night, All in that barroom drinking; Where you drank a health to all fair maids, And you slighted Barbara Allen?" "Yes I remember last Saturday night, All in that barroom drinking; When liquor and wine it had got my brain, And I slighted Barbara Allen. "Now you go up to the head of my bed, There is a basin standing; It's wet with tears that I've oftentimes shed, For the love of Barbara Allen. "Now you go down to foot of my bed, There is a waistcoat hanging; There is my gold watch and my gold chain, Go take it, Barbara Allen." He turned his back unto the wall, He turned his back upon her; Saying, "Here's adieu to all fair maids, And likewise Barbara Allen." She turned around for to go home, And her poor heart was breaking; And when she got one mile from town, She heard the death bell tolling. And every time that bell would toll, Hard-hearted Barbara Allen, She looked to the east and she looked to the west, She saw the funeral coming. She begged his bearers to lay him down, Until she gazed upon him; Oh, the more she gazed, oh, the more she looked, Until she burst out crying. "Oh, Father, you go dig my grave, Go dig it long and narrow; Young Willie died for me today, And I'll die for him tomorrow." Young Willie was buried in the old church yard, And Barbara was buried beside him; Up from his grave there grew a rose, And up from hers a briar. It grew together in a true love's knot, In a true love's grave forever; They lapped and tied in a true love's knot, The rose ran around the briar. ####.... English Traditional (1666) (Child Ballad #84) ....#### Sung as Barbry Ellen by Gerald Aylward (1917-1987) of Cape Broyle, NL, and published in MacEdward Leach And The Songs Of Atlantic Canada © 2004 Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA). Also collected by Ken Peacock and published in Songs Of The Newfoundland Outports, Volume 3, p.649, by The National Museum of Canada (1965) Crown Copyrights Reserved. From: GEST Songs Of Newfoundland And Labrador http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfld/12/barbara.htm |
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02 Jan 05 - 05:48 AM (#1369234) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: thomas baynes' barbara ellen From: Roberto Thank you, "GEST", but I wouldn't say the two versions are quite similar. Anyone has the CD (or the LP) The Lark in the Morning and is willing to help me with Thomas Baynes' singing? |
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20 Jul 24 - 02:55 PM (#4205795) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Barbara Ellen (Thomas Baynes) From: GUEST Any information on Thomas Barnes, please?? |
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20 Jul 24 - 03:16 PM (#4205796) Subject: RE: ADD Version: Barbara Ellen (from Thomas Baynes) From: Joe Offer Guest, note that it's Thomas Baynes. The album was Lark in the Morning - Folk Songs and Dances from the Irish Countryside (Collected By Diane Hamilton), first issued in 1956, I believe. Here's the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnaWffmPF84 |
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27 Jul 24 - 06:25 AM (#4206119) Subject: RE: ADD Version: Barbara Ellen (from Thomas Baynes) From: The Sandman very good,thanks |