In honour of a really hot, generally miserable day:

[kniteracy]

Why should I suffer alone?

I invite you all to download and, um, enjoy the Doris Day version of Barbara Allen.

No, really. Don't worry: the horn section swings!

Comments

[resourceress.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you have. Think "Warner Brothers cartoons". Specifically, Porky Pig sings it in his entrance as Friar Tuck in the Daffy Duck Robin Hood cartoon. That's where I first heard it, anyway. :)