The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #157044   Message #3708718
Posted By: Steve Gardham
13-May-15 - 03:44 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Barbara Allen
Subject: RE: Origins: Barbara Allen
With PB anything's possible, Jim. He sourced material from a wide range of places, including stories/translations from Scandinavia and the continent. He had a very extensive library as did most of his contemporary collectors, but had to sell it off when he bit off more than he could chew. He would have had copies of the earlier versions, those on broadsides, and the Scots anthologised version.