Twa Sisters- Carrie Lindsay (Aber) c.1931 Carpenter
[Two stanza fragment with music from James Madison Carpenter Collection, JMC/1/5/1/T, p. 08704,
R. Matteson 2018]
Twa Sisters- sung by Carrie Lindsay of unknown location, probably Aberdeenshire, collected by Carpenter before 1931.
1 There were twa sisters in a toon,
Binorie, aye[1] and Binorie, O.
And a bonnie miller laddie cam a-courtin' them,
The bonnie miller laddie o Binorie, O.
2 He courted the younger ane wi' ribbons and wi' rings,
Binorie, aye and Binorie, O.
He's courted the other wi' far better things,
He's her bonnie miller laddie o Binorie, O.
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1. written "ey"