Since Barbry Allan is supposed to be the most widely collected/known ballad in English, there are now SO many slight variants that it is well-nigh impossible to pin them down.The FSGW's own David Olive, who died tragically a few years ago, once contributed HIS version in an open sing on "love songs".....a full scale country/rock thing which began:
Ba, Ba, Ba...Ba-Barbry Allan
Ba, Ba, Ba...Ba-Barbry Allan...and continued on, doing the entire ballad like "Rock Around the Clock"....we sat transfixed!