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Thread #157044   Message #3708226
Posted By: Steve Gardham
11-May-15 - 12:15 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Barbara Allen
Subject: RE: Origins: Barbara Allen
Comments verse by verse.
1. end of 2nd line is dwallin'. The transcriber originally wrote dwalling but crossed out the g. Question is was he copying exactly what Peter had written or was that his own mistake. Similarly end of the first line, it is obvious the transcribe originally wrote born instead of bound and altered it. The same question applies. It is possibly useful to note that when I jotted down the first line for my own notes I had 'In Scarling town where I was bound'. Mind the gap! Something else worth noting. Do any versions from oral tradition use 'bound'?