The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #157044   Message #3706382
Posted By: Richie
04-May-15 - 12:16 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Barbara Allen
Subject: RE: Origins: Barbara Allen
Hi,

The "Scottish" ballad by Knipp has been discussed in some detail by Lighter, Mick Pierce, and others in another thread. We'll never know positively because we don't have the text. It is important since it places a date, 1666, to the ballad which predates the c.1690 broadside.

TY

Richie