Barb'ry Allen- Hite (VA) 1936 Wilkinson E
[Single stanza with music from the manuscript book of Winston Wilkinson; 1935-36, p. 15 designated (B) by Wilkinson/Bronson (its from Wilkinson's 2nd MS book- B), this will be changed to E. Bronson TTCB, 1962, No. 139.
One of many versions from the fertile Brown's Cove area in Virginia.
R. Matteson 2015]
[Barb'ry Allen] Sung by Mrs. Fred Hite, Thaxton, Va., October 13, 1936
O, I am sick, so very sick,
Death on my brows are dwelling,
And none of the better will I ever be
Till I get Barb'ry Allen.