Barbara Ellen- Robertson (OH) pre1939 Eddy F
[Single verse. No date given, most of Eddy's version are much older than the publication date. From Ballads and Songs from Ohio; Eddy, 1939.
It's impossible to positively identify this version as Barbara Allen with the text supplied.
R. Matteson 2015]
BONNY BARBARA ALLEN
(Child, No.84)
This fragment is interesting in that it combines the characters of Barbara
Ellen and Lord Thomas.
F. BARBARA ELLEN From Mrs. James Robertson, Perrysville, Ohio,
There sprang a green brier out of Lord Thomas' mouth
And a rose out of Barbara Ellen's,
And they grew so high toward the sky,
And then they tied in a true love's knot
For the whole world to admire.