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Classification Title	Bonny Barbara Allan, Lyric Variant 02
Document Title	Barbara Allan
Alternative Titles	Barbara Ellen; Barbary Ellen; Barb'ry Allum; Barbara Hellen; Barb'ra Allyn; Barbra Allen; Barbery Allan; Barbara Allen; Bawbee Allan; Bob'ry Allen; Barbary Allen; Lady and Her Children Three; Sweet William; Barb're Allen; Barbra Ellen; Barbery Ellen; Barbro Allen; Barb'ra Allen; Barbry Allen; Barbare Allen; Barbry Ellen; Barbru Allan; Barba Allen; Barbaree Allen; Barba Allan; Bonny Barbara Allen
Informant(s)	Ethel Day
Geographic Location	Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina
Subject	Ballads, English -- North Carolina Ballads, Irish -- North Carolina Ballads, Scots -- North Carolina Lovesickness -- Songs and Music Death -- Songs and Music
Scholarly Classification	Child, 84 Brown, Older Ballads - Mostly British - 27 Randolph, 21
Description	One leaf of lined paper, handwritten in blue ink on both sides. The document is in excellent physical condition. The document was laminated. There is a moderate ink stain at the upper right edge of the reverse side. The document was folded horizontally and vertically into sixths, possibly for mailing. The informant citation is handwritten in pencil at the upper right corner of the front side.
Dimensions, Original	140 mm x 220 mm
Publisher	W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
Contributors	I. G. Greer
Upload Date	2007-04-26
Type	Manuscript
Format	JPEG
Language	English
Rights	The images and audio files contained in the "So Mote It Ever Be: The Folksong Heritage of North Carolina's Northern Blue Ridge Mountains" collection are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. I. G. Greer/W. Amos Abrams Manuscript Files Series, Folksong Files Subseries, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Special Collections, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC). Any commercial use of the materials without the written permission of Appalachian State University is strictly prohibited. Please contact the Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection with specific questions or with requests for further information.
Scan Date	2006-05-08
Scan By	Paul L. Robertson
Transcribe Date	2006-05-15
Transcribe By	Alexandra S. Toomey

Classification Title	Bonny Barbara Allan, Lyric Variant 02, Page 1
File Name	bonny_barbara_02_p1.tif
Transcript	Ethel Day Barbara Allen. 1. One morning, one morning, in the month of May, when the flowery buds were swellin', Sweet William on his death-bed lay For the love of Barabra Allan. 2nd. He sent his servant down to town, To tell her to come to him. And slowly, slowly, she did dress And slowly she went to him. 3rd. And all she said when she got there, "Young man I think you're dying, And die O! die, and die you may, You cant get Barabra Allan!" 4th. "Do you remember the other day, When you was at town a drinkin', You drank the health of the ladies there, And slighted Barabra Allan!"

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