The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3327   Message #16409
Posted By: Jon W.
19-Nov-97 - 06:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Barbara Ellen / Barbara Allen
Subject: RE: Barbarra Ellen
I hope you started with the DT database - it has four versions. Search for "#87" to avoid the problem of various spellings of her name.

A book of ballads I used in college indicates that this is one of the most widely spread folk songs ever. That would explain the 700 entries in Steve Roud's index.

There is a version done on De Danann's album "Selected Songs, Jigs, Reels, and Tunes" sung a capella by Johnny Moynihan in a very traditional style.