8 - The Twa Sisters
Every Folk Song
English - November 28, 2013 02:18 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsMusic History folk history music Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Roud 8, "the Twa Sisters" or "the Two Sisters" or 30 different other titles. This ballad, first published in 1656, has its roots in European culture as far back to the 9th Century and spreads out like a great tree from there, with different leaves on each branch but the same trunk underneath. If you like the way I murdered that metaphor, you'll love this tale of murder and jealousy and dismemberment and fiddle-making.