Barbry Allen- Walker (NC) 1940 Abrams REC
[From Amos Abrams Collection: “Barbara Allen [sic], performed by Edith Walker,” Appalachian State University Digital Collections.
This version is included because of tune. Walker collected Nora Hicks version- this is a different text.
William Amos “Doc” Abrams (1905-1991), originally from Pinetops in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, was chairman of the English Department at Appalachian State Teacher’s College (ASTC) from 1932 to 1946. The W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection, presented online as part of the Documenting Appalachia digital initiative, consists of approximately 1,100 document pages that comprise some 400 individual song titles, most of which have multiple variants.
R. Matteson 2015]
Barbry Allen- performed by Edith Walker, 1940
http://omeka.library.appstate.edu/files/original/ed185af988a9b3def52fca9443bde5d5.mp3
[stanza 1 incomplete]
All in the merry month of May
Green bud were a -swelling
Young Jimmy on his death bed lay,
For the love of Barbry Allen.