Barbary Allen- (TN) 1937 Campbell B, BTFLS

Barbary Allen- (TN) 1937 Campbell B, BTFLS

[No informant named or date given. Single stanza with music in Bulletin of the Tennessee Folklore Society, Vol. 3, p. 92, 1937. Also Bronson 52, he adds: It seems probable that the last three bars contain errors of transcription which may be safely emended as above."

R. Matteson 2015]


"Barbary Allen" - Campbell, BTFLS, III (1937).

He sent his servant down to say
In the place where she was dwelling,
"Oh, come, oh come to my master's bed,
If your name be Barbary Allen."