Olive Dame Campbell singing Barbry Ellen

Olive Dame Campbell singing Barbry Ellen

Ballads, English

This sound recording is an excerpt from an interview with Olive Dame Campbell and features her singing the ballad Barbry Ellen (also know as Barbry Allen, Barbara Allen, and other names). Campbell was an avid folk song collector. She describes how she learned the ballad from a woman who accompanied herself on a banjo. George Armstrong conducted the interview in the early 1980s.

Armstrong, George

Campbell, Olive D. (Olive Dame), 1882-1954

Audio-Visual Recordings Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1980/1985

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mp3

sound recordings

eng

Sound

13224

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3 minutes, 19 seconds(dimension)

Craft Revival