Barbara Allen- Grace (AR) 1934 Randolph I
[An opening stanza from Ozark Folksongs; Randolph, I, 1946, p. 131(E). Randolph's notes include this curious comment, "There are several commercial records of this ballad, of which those by Al Craver (Columbia 15126-D) and Vernon Dalhart (Brunswick 117) are probably the best." It should be noted that Dalhart and Craver are the same person!! Craver is one of the many pseudonyms Dalhart used to record for different companies.
R. Matteson 2015]
I. Barbara Allen. Miss Lois Grace, Springfield, Mo., Oct. 7, 1934, begins her version of "Barbara Allen" thus:
Away down low in Stony Town,
There were three maids a-dwellin',
But only one that I'd call my own,
And her name was Barbara Allen.