Joined: 28 Feb 2009 Posts: 48 Location: Oklahoma by way of San Francisco Bay, USA
Barbara Allen
I would love to know what you think about the person who wrote this beautiful everlasting song. The author is not known but if he were, what do you think he was about, why did he write it without his name being attached? What do you think his story beyond what he writes in the song? What does it leave to your own imagination?
I have a pure love for the song in it's own form and in the form sung by Dylan and others. A whole beautiful colorful imagery comes to my mind when I listen to this that must be the most beautiful heartfelt love song ever...or at least among the very few to match it in history.
I hope to hear what it means to each of you in any way you relate. Poetry is very welcome as a way to relate your feelings about the song, the author, and/or the players i.e. Barbry Allen and the relationships she had with all who knew her and some who loved her. xoxoxo ;p Always...Sara _________________ Always...Sara
Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:30 pm
DYLAN_FAN666 Newbie
Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 1 Location: Ripley NY
BABS Allen
Hello Sarah. Barbara Allen is a very old song. Go to http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/BalladIndex.html scroll to Barbara Allen then click on Bonny Barbara Allen. I think the author name is lost in the past, no copyright laws back then. Perhaps he was setting a old story (folktale) to song. I recall that thirty years ago i had a music catalog listing an album with 28 versions of Barbara Allen. I still regret not buying a copy.
Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:09 pm
Eldrock Newbie
Joined: 03 May 2010 Posts: 9 Location: Northern Alberta
Porky Pig sang the first verse of this song in the cartoon where Daffy Duck portrays Robin Hood. Unfortunately, I cannot find a clip of it anywhere. _________________ " Don't think twice, It's alright "
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