History of Appalachian Ballads. ( From McGraw-Hill - Macmillan Spotlight on Music.) ...There are hundreds of different versions of Barbara Allen. Before the song came to America, the hard-hearted maid lived in Scarlet town, London town, or Dublin town, as well as Newbury, Reading, and Carlisle. Within a few generations, she could be found in towns in Virginia, North Carolina, and all over the Southern Highlands. The same is true of Pretty Polly, the ballad of a girl murdered by her faithless boyfriend. In the English broadside ballad called The Gosport Tragedy, the girl comes back as a ghost and wreaks a terrible revenge. In most Appalachian versions, though, she remains silent in her grave with only the wild wind for comfort.... As recorded by Dock Boggs: https://youtube/watch?v=UxkSuBhzHqg
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