*This* "Barbara Allen" tune is the one my mother used to sing while doing chores when i was preschool age in the 1950s. Almost always in recordings, another tune, somewhat similar to this one, is used. Joan Baez's version used a quite different tune, still *very* beautiful.
In a southern town where I was born that's where I got my education I worked in the fields and I walked in the woods and I wondered at creation I recall the sun in the skies of blue and the smell of green things growin' And I lived everyday and I lived anyway anyway the wind was blowin' But then I heard of a cultured city life breath taking lofty steeples And the day I called myself a man I left my land and my people And I rambled north and I rambled east and I tested and I tasted And a girl or two took me around and around but always left me wasted In the world that's all concrete and steel with nothin' green ever growin' Where the buildings hide the risin' sun and stop the free wind from blowin' Where they sleep all day and they wake all night to a world of drink and laughter I met that girl that I thought would be the one that I was after In a soft blue gown and a formal tux beneath that lofty steeple He said do you Barbara take this man will you be one of his people And she said I will and she said I do and the world looked mighty pretty And we lived in a fancy downtown flat cause she loved the noisy city Then the days grew cold beneath the yellow sky and I longed for green things growin' And I talked of home and my people there but she'd not agreed a goin' Then her hazel eyes turned away from me with the look that wasn't very pretty And she turned into concrete and steel and she said I'll take the city Now the cars go by on the Interstate and my pack is on my shoulder And I'm goin' home where I belong much wiser now and older
Wait a minute. This sounds a whole lot like Paul Simon's That Was Your Mother. Did Simon take that tune from Barbara Allen as well, or does it just so happen to sound like it? I know Simon covers traditional folk songs, such as when he did Scarborough Fair with Garfunkel, but I don't remember it ever being stated that That Was Your Mother consciously sampled an old folk tune. Now this has got me curious...
@@melinda6024 No evidence at all that the song is Scottish. Samuel Pepys called it a 'Scotch song' but there was a vogue at the time for 'Northern' or 'Scotch' ballads that were actually written by English writers.
I am convinced Johnny Cash's singing can cure all kinds of stuff.
Johnny, you are the man.
RIP.
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Je suis français et depuis de nombreuses années je suis un fan de Johhny Cash.
Dommage que cet artiste soit décédé.
i miss johnny cash so much but his music will live on forever
Johnny's voice was a treasure for all humanity
*This* "Barbara Allen" tune is the one my mother used to sing while doing chores when i was preschool age in the 1950s. Almost always in recordings, another tune, somewhat similar to this one, is used. Joan Baez's version used a quite different tune, still *very* beautiful.
I like the combination with Jim Soldi and Joe Allen. Great musicians.
His timing is impeccable.
Such a great song
He will be always the best ...
In a southern town where I was born that's where I got my education
I worked in the fields and I walked in the woods and I wondered at creation
I recall the sun in the skies of blue and the smell of green things growin'
And I lived everyday and I lived anyway anyway the wind was blowin'
But then I heard of a cultured city life breath taking lofty steeples
And the day I called myself a man I left my land and my people
And I rambled north and I rambled east and I tested and I tasted
And a girl or two took me around and around but always left me wasted
In the world that's all concrete and steel with nothin' green ever growin'
Where the buildings hide the risin' sun and stop the free wind from blowin'
Where they sleep all day and they wake all night to a world of drink and laughter
I met that girl that I thought would be the one that I was after
In a soft blue gown and a formal tux beneath that lofty steeple
He said do you Barbara take this man will you be one of his people
And she said I will and she said I do and the world looked mighty pretty
And we lived in a fancy downtown flat cause she loved the noisy city
Then the days grew cold beneath the yellow sky and I longed for green things growin'
And I talked of home and my people there but she'd not agreed a goin'
Then her hazel eyes turned away from me with the look that wasn't very pretty
And she turned into concrete and steel and she said I'll take the city
Now the cars go by on the Interstate and my pack is on my shoulder
And I'm goin' home where I belong much wiser now and older
Thank You
Wow, I never knew...
17th century - 1666, may be older.
true life ben there!
Is it Johnny that isn't up on the changes or the band?
Wait a minute. This sounds a whole lot like Paul Simon's That Was Your Mother. Did Simon take that tune from Barbara Allen as well, or does it just so happen to sound like it? I know Simon covers traditional folk songs, such as when he did Scarborough Fair with Garfunkel, but I don't remember it ever being stated that That Was Your Mother consciously sampled an old folk tune. Now this has got me curious...
All of these songs were borrowed over and over by many people.
jonny chass de meesre zanger voor de werkman
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Allen_(song)
it was written in 18th century,and it is by anonimous.......
It's older than that! They've found records from the 17th century where it was called "Scots Traditional." Wild!
and the song is Scottish, not English. love you, Johnny.
@@jeremysteding
That is just nonsense - the earliest printed version of the lyrics is a 1690 London broadside ballad.
@@melinda6024
No evidence at all that the song is Scottish.
Samuel Pepys called it a 'Scotch song' but there was a vogue at the time for 'Northern' or 'Scotch' ballads that were actually written by English writers.
18th century
17th century - Samuel Pepys diary January 1666.
Yeah, not a madrigal... Madrigals also started dying out of popularity to solo songs and arias in the 17th century....Just saying...
jonny chass de meesre zanger voor de werkman