Matt: there are no tunes for 'Alison Gross' in Bronson. In point of fact there is only one text in Child, and that is from Child's much treasured 18th century source of rare magical ballads, Anna Brown (nee Gordon) of Falkland. So uncommon - and occasionally unique - are some of Mrs. Brown's ballads that it's been suggested that this middle-class woman (the daughter of a professor and wife of a minister) may have embellished them herself.

Some of Mrs. Brown's ballads are corroborated by versions collected elsewhere. Looking at Lizzie Higgins' 'Allison Cross', however, the text is so similar to that in Child that I wonder whether Lizzie's version has been taken direct from print at some point in its evolution.

As for singing it, you'd probably be better off (as has been suggested above) with the Higgins version than with Steeleye's - the tune of which was presumably composed by the band, has two different rhythms, and might be difficult to pull off as a soloist. In terms of style I'd say make sure the words come across, and not to over-dramatize your singing, but that's just my opinion.