You're right! My memory failed me again! The "Binorrie" was the one Richard Dyer-Bennett recorded, "Minorrie" was the MacColl version. I used to sing both, then often did one of the "Wind and Rain" versions (the one Howie Mitchell used to sing).

I'm willing to bet that the Lomax Library of Congress recording of Horton Barker was made some years before mine. Horton was pretty well-known for his ballad singing, even sang at the old White Top festivals, back in the 30s. I was happy to make it possible for people to hear an entire solo recording of his singing. Yes, he sang all of his songs without accompaniment, as did almost every traditional singer I ever recorded, whether in England, Scotland, Canada, the Adirondacks, Appalachia or the Ozarks. Our Aglo-American ballad tradition has always been an unaccompanied one.

Sandy