Joan Baez. Barbara Allen with lyrics

One of my very favourite old traditional sweet sad love songs which I first heard many years ago. With love for my friends, Willemina 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: above all, my dear Mrs Knipp with whom I sang; and in perfect pleasure I was to hear her sing, and especially her little Scotch song of Barbary There are many versions of the tragic love ballad Barbar br, br,