The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #157044   Message #3707863
Posted By: Richie
09-May-15 - 06:16 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Barbara Allen
Subject: RE: Origins: Barbara Allen
Hi Steve,

I've read the comments in the other thread, and there is no way we can know definitively about the 1666 version. However, it's possible that it could be similar to the 1740 "Scotch" version by Ramsey/Oswald. We will never know, I'm aware of both positions. Also Child gives it some antiquity by placing it before the 1690 broadside as his A version.

Richie