The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #157044   Message #3709725
Posted By: Jim Brown
18-May-15 - 12:29 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Barbara Allen
Subject: RE: Origins: Barbara Allen
Yes, but I don't think they'll be a lot of help here:
"She then sings, in English, one of the songs which came from England and Scotland and were adapted by the Irish: "Barbara Allen". A man dies of love for a girl who shall follow him in death."
(The French version of the notes doesn't add anything.)