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Barbara Allen (song)
"Barbara Allen" (Child 84, Roud (54 )) is a traditional ballad originating in England in the 17th century, which immigrants introduced to the 13 British colonies which would become the United States, where it became a popular folk song.〔Theodore Raph, ''The American Song Treasury: 100 Favorites'', Dover Publications (October 1, 1986), pg. 20; and Arthur Gribben, ed., ''The Great Famine and the Irish Diaspora in America'', University of Massachusetts Press (March 1, 1999), pg. 112.〕 Ethnomusicologists Steve Roud and Julia Bishop described it as, "...far and away the most widely collected song in the English language — equally popular in England, Scotland and Ireland, and with hundreds of versions collected over the years in North America."
==History==
A diary entry by Samuel Pepys on January 2, 1666 contains the earliest extant reference to the song. In it, he recalls the fun and games at a New Years party: ...but above all, my dear Mrs Knipp whom I sang; and in perfect pleasure I was to hear her sing, and especially her little Scotch song of Barbary Allen.
From this, Roud & Bishop inferred the song was popular at the time. They suggested that it may have been written for stage performance, as Elizabeth Knepp was a professional actress, singer, and dancer.〔
One 1690 broadside of the song was published in London under the loquacious title "Barbara Allen's cruelty: or, the young-man's tragedy. With Barbara Allen's ()amentation for her unkindness to her lover, and her self".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=English Short-title Catalogue, "Barbara Allen’s cruelty: or, the young-man’s tragedy." )〕 Additional printing were common in Britain throughout the eighteenth century, several of which were printed in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Edinburgh or Aberdeen indicating that the song was of Scottish or northern English origin. The ballad was first printed in the United States in 1836. Many variations of the song continued to be printed on broadsides in the United States through the 19th and 20th centuries. It was also passed orally and spread by inclusion in songbooks and newspaper columns, along with other popular ballads such as "The Farmer's Curst Wife" and "The Golden Vanity".
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