Barbara Allen- Ford (WI) 1937 REC Cowell
[From Wisconsin Folksong Collection online- also a recording is available. Collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell; July 1937 Forest County (Wisconsin) / Crandon, Wisconsin I've left the title-- Warde Ford sings "Barb'ry" throughout.
Ford forgets sections of the ballad after the first three stanzas. To listen:
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WebZ/SearchOrBrowse?sessionid=01-56361-223330939
R. Matteson 2012]
Barbara Allen- Sung by Warde H. Ford, 1937
In yonder town where I did dwell,
There was a fair maid dwellin',
She was a youth and went around
And her name was Barb'ry Allen
It was all in the month of May,
When green buds were a-swellin'
Sweet William came from a western city
And courted Barb'ry Allen.
That was in the month of June
When all green flowers were bloomin'
Sweet William on his deathbed lay,
For the love of Barb'ry Allen.
He sent a note unto the town
Where Barb'ry was a dwellin',
Said "Come to me my darling girl,
[If your name be Barb'ry Allen.] [1]
Now do you remember in yonder town,
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1. forgets the end of this stanza