Charles Seeger points out that Pepys' delight at hearing a libelous song about the King's mistress was perfectly in character. However, the folklorists Phillips Barry and Fannie Hardy Eckstorm were of the opinion that the song "was not a stage song at all but a libel on Barbara Villiers and her relations with Charles II". įrom this, Steve Roud and Julia Bishop have inferred the song was popular at that time, suggesting that it may have been written for stage performance, as Elizabeth Knepp was a professional actress, singer, and dancer. but 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 Allen. In it, he recalls the fun and games at a New Years party: Ī diary entry by Samuel Pepys on 2 January 1666 contains the earliest extant reference to the song. ![]() They are buried in the same church a rose grows from his grave, a briar from hers, and the plants form a true lovers' knot.He dies soon after and Barbara hears his funeral bells tolling stricken with grief, she dies as well.She refuses, claiming he had slighted her while drinking with friends. ![]()
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