Mudcat Café message #64074

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Thread #9762 Message #64074
Posted By: Bruce O.
18-Mar-99 - 04:48 PM
Thread Name: Several versions of the same song
Subject: RE: Several versions of the same song

I't too easy to get carried away. Bronson's 'The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads' has 103 versions of "Barbara Allen", 58 more fragments with tunes, and 38 tunes for it with no verses at all.