{"id":7320,"date":"2011-01-01T01:13:10","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T05:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7320"},"modified":"2019-11-07T16:34:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T20:34:24","slug":"barbara-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7320","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/BA.jpg\" width=\"500\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"> <a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\"> Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/BA.mp3\">Barbara Allen &#8211; Click To Play<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">\nI remember seeing Joan Baez sing this at Club 47 in Cambridge MA in 1960. She looked and sounded just like she does in this clip: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EFHTJ08U_Fg\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source of the following: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mudcat.org\/\">Mudcat Cafe<\/a><br \/>\nSamuel Pepys in his &#8220;Diary&#8221; under the date of January 2nd 1665, speaks of the singing of &#8220;Barbara Allen.&#8221; The English and Scottish both claim the original ballad in different versions, and both versions were brought over to the US by the earliest settlers. Since then there have been countless variations (some 98 are found in Virginia alone). The version used here is the English one. The tune is traditional.<\/p>\n<p>Child Ballad #84<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\n[D] In Scarlet town where I was born,<br \/>\nThere was a [G] fair maid [A] dwellin&#8217;<br \/>\n[G] Made every youth cry [Bm] Well-a-day,<br \/>\n[A] Her name was Barb&#8217;ra [D] Allen.<\/p>\n<p>All in the merry month of May,<br \/>\nWhen green buds they were swellin&#8217;<br \/>\nYoung Willie Grove on his death-bed lay,<br \/>\nFor love of Barb&#8217;ra Allen.<\/p>\n<p>He sent his man unto her then<br \/>\nTo the town where she was dwellin&#8217;<br \/>\nYou must come to my master, dear,<br \/>\nIf your name be be Barb&#8217;ra Allen.<\/p>\n<p>So slowly, slowly she came up,<br \/>\nAnd slowly she came nigh him,<br \/>\nAnd all she said when there she came:<br \/>\n&#8220;Young man, I think you&#8217;re dying!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He turned his face unto the wall<br \/>\nAnd death was drawing nigh him.<br \/>\nAdieu, adieu, my dear friends all,<br \/>\nBe kind to Bar&#8217;bra Allen<\/p>\n<p>As she was walking o&#8217;er the fields,<br \/>\nShe heard the death bell knellin&#8217;,<br \/>\nAnd ev&#8217;ry stroke did seem to say,<br \/>\nUnworthy Barb&#8217;ra Allen.<\/p>\n<p>When he was dead and laid in grave,<br \/>\nHer heart was struck with sorrow.<br \/>\n&#8220;Oh mother, mother, make my bed<br \/>\nFor I shall die tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And on her deathbed she lay,<br \/>\nShe begged to be buried by him,<br \/>\nAnd sore repented of the day<br \/>\nThat she did e&#8217;er deny him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Farewell,&#8221; she said, &#8220;ye virgins all,<br \/>\nAnd shun the fault I fell in,<br \/>\nHenceforth take warning by the fall<br \/>\nOf cruel Barb&#8217;ra Allen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/tools\/diggthis.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Barbara Allen &#8211; Click To Play I remember seeing Joan Baez sing this at Club 47 in Cambridge MA in 1960. She looked and sounded just like she does in this clip: CLICK HERE Source of the following: Mudcat Cafe Samuel Pepys in his &#8220;Diary&#8221; under the date &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7320\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Barbara Allen&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irishbritish","category-love","category-tragedy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7320"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8765,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7320\/revisions\/8765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}