Letras
Dear Sarah, I'm stuck on a train bound for Richmond
And we marched down from Kernstown, uphill all the way
At the train stop in Staunton, we pulled up and climbed on
And we just sat there for a night and a day
And the nights are long, but I write you every day
And I hum a song that you used to sing
The one of Sweet William, his love Barbry Allen
And how she was always a long ways away
My insides are all torn from hardtack and parched corn
My hat flew in a windstorm, so the sun has turned me red
At the first chance to lie still, I pull out your Bible
But fall fast asleep before one verse is read
And the nights are long, but I write you every day
And I hum a song that you used to sing
The one of Sweet William, his love Barbry Allen
And how she was always a long ways away
Dear Sarah, in parting, keep me in your heart
And I do not drink or gamble as I promised you I'd do
So as not to mislead you, I did have a need to
When we were surrounded and it looked like we were through
But the nights are long, but I write you every day
And I hum a song that you used to sing
The one of Sweet William, his love Barbry Allen
And how she was always a long ways away
The one of Sweet William, his love Barbry Allen
And how she was always a long ways away
In Scarlet Town, where I did dwell
There was a fair maid a-dwelling
And many a lad cried well-a-day
For the love of Barbry Allen, yeah