Recordings
Gus Mahon sang this version of Barbry Allen in Heber Springs, Arkansas. He commented, "That's the first time I've sung that in twenty years"
Hule "Queen" Hines sang this version of Barbara Allen in 1939 for the John and Ruby Lomax Southern States Recording Trip in a prison in Union County, Florida.
George Vinton Graham performed this version of Barbara Allen, which is part of the California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties collection of the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.
Lois Judd and Rosetta Spainhard sang this version in 1940, which is part of the Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonking Migrant Worker Collection of the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.