I found a tape made in 1979 by a couple of guys who must have been visiting my mother-in-law and her husband (this was long before I knew her) who sang a lot of cowboy songs and a couple of other ballads (including Greensleeves and Go Gently Sweet Afton) and in the middle are a couple of songs recorded off a record player. One is a version of Barbara Ellen where the guy (this time named Jimmy Groves) dies in a war and Barbara dies of a broken heart. Sort of an early 60's politically correct version. Sung by several voices, both men and women. Anyone ever heard this and know who did it?