"When ye was in the tavern a-drinking,

That ye made the healths gae round and round,

And slighted Barbara Allan?"

He turned his face unto the wall,

And death was with him dealing:

"Adieu, adieu, my dear friends all,

And be kind to Barbara Allan."

She had not gane a mile but twa,

When she heard the dead-bell ringing,

And every jow that the dead-bell gied,