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Thread #157044   Message #3706932
Posted By: Richie
06-May-15 - 01:33 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Barbara Allen
Subject: RE: Origins: Barbara Allen
Hi,

I just put Sam Harmon's version (North Carolina then Tennessee) on my site. Does anyone know any other versions beginning (same second line):

In Scarlet Town where I did dwell,
That's where I got my learning,
A maiden lived that I knew well,
Her name was Barbara Allen.

Away down South where I came from
Is where I got my learning.
I fell in love with a pretty little miss,
And her name is Barbery Ellen. [Sam Harmon c. 1929]

Richie