And death came creeping to him:

“Then adieu, adieu, and adieu to all,

And adieu to Barbara Allen!”

And as she was walking on a day,

She heard the bell a ringing,

And it did seem to ring to her

“Unworthy Barbara Allen.”

She turnd herself round about,

And she spy’d the corps a coming:

“Lay down, lay down the corps of clay,