The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #157044 Message #3704087
Posted By: Lighter
25-Apr-15 - 11:12 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Barbara Allen
Subject: RE: Origins: Barbara Allen
No, but the odds are better.
At least it was a song, and it was about "Barbara Allen."
"Sergeant Champe" appears in the 1850s, and "Barbara Allen" may have had nothing to do with it.
Nice try, Dick!
Many song histories would benefit from an increased use of words like "presumably," "likely," "possibly," "seems to be," and "it's tempting to conclude that."