Mudcat Café message #802022

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Thread #38819 Message #802022
Posted By: GUEST,hilton c
12-Oct-02 - 10:23 PM
Thread Name: Origins of: Barbara Allen, is there a story ?
Subject: RE: Origins of: Barbara Allen, is there a story ?

While hearing for the first time the last verse concerning the union of the rose and the briar, I could not help but wonder if perhaps this sprang from a legend of why roses have thorns.