Barbara Allan (1)

X:1 T:Barbara Allen [1] M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Air S:Howe - 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F FF | B2 B>c d2 cB | A2 c>d e2 dc | B2 Bc dcBA | (F2A4) || A2 | (F2A2) (E2FE) | (D3EF2) (BA) | F3E D3E | (F2 B4) ||



BARBARA ALLAN [1]. AKA and see "The Old Woman in the Glen [1]." Scottish, Air (4/4 time). Appears in the McFarlane MS., 1740, in drawing room style. See Charles Seegar's "Versions and Variants of Barbara Allen" (1966) for a thorough ethnomusicological treatise on this tune family. Printed source: Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels) c. 1867; pg. 125.

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