Barbara Allen
E471652
"Barbara Allen" is a traditional English/Scottish folk ballad widely recorded and performed in American and British folk music.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative ballad
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song ⓘ traditional folk ballad ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn |
Child Ballad 84
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Roud Folk Song Index 54 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedIn |
Appalachia
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Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ England NERFINISHED ⓘ Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
England
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Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | one of the best-known English-language folk ballads ⓘ |
| firstKnownPublicationDate | 17th century ⓘ |
| firstKnownPublicationForm | broadside ballad ⓘ |
| genre |
American folk music
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British folk music ⓘ English folk music ⓘ Scottish folk music ⓘ folk music ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Barbara Allen (character)
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young man lover (character) ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
lovers dying of grief
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rose and briar growing from graves ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Barb'ry Allen
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Barbara Allan NERFINISHED ⓘ Barbara Ellen NERFINISHED ⓘ Barbra Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Barbry Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Anglo-American love ballads ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
death
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remorse ⓘ tragic romance ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| notableCollector |
Alan Lomax
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Cecil Sharp NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis James Child NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
often performed with simple folk accompaniment
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often sung unaccompanied ⓘ |
| performedInTradition |
American folk revival
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Anglo-American folk tradition ⓘ British folk revival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalMeter | ballad meter ⓘ |
| typicalSetting | British Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalStructure | strophic form ⓘ |
| widelyRecordedIn |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joan Baez, Vol. 2