Barbra Allen- Reynolds (VA) 1934 Stone/ Davis HH*
[Single stanza with music from Davis, More Traditional Ballads of Virginia. Davis selected 8 versions out of the 26 new versions collected in Virginia since 1929, Traditional Ballads of Virginia was published. Note that Davis HH* is different from Davis HH from TBVa, 1929. I have not included Davis' extensive notes.
R. Matteson 2015]
HH* "Barbra Allen." Collected by John Stone, of Paint Bank, Va. Sung by Miss Bonnie Reynolds, of Paint Bank, Va. Craig County. April 14, 1934. Tune noted by Mr. Stone.
In Scarlet town where I was born,
There was a fair maid dwelling,
Made every youth cry well-a-way,
Her name was Barbra Allen.