The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #157044 Message #3706252
Posted By: Richie
03-May-15 - 10:31 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Barbara Allen
Subject: RE: Origins: Barbara Allen
Hi,
While the thread is drifting, I'm trying to sort out my versions to organize some conclusions - there are many versions and I'm trying to give the older ones preference.
This verse from Nora Hicks MS., which has never been public, has an additional motive for Barbara's rejection:
The more she looked, the more she wept Till she bursted out crying. I'll bid farewell to my mother dear, For she would not let me have him. [Nora Hicks c. 1880 Mast's Gap NC]
This family line dates back to the late 1600s in Virginia.