[Two Little Sisters] The Twa Sisters- Deeton (NC) 1918 Sharp E
[My title. Version E in Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles, English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, 1932. It was collected from Mrs. Clercy Deeton at Mine Fork, Burnsville, North Carolina, September 19, 1918. It's one of fourteen versions published there. Here's the music and text:
R. Matteson 2011, 2014]
[Two Little Sisters]- Sung by Mrs. Clercy Deeton at Mine Fork, Burnsville, North Carolina, September 19, 1918.
1. Two little sisters side and side
Sing I dum, sing I day.
Two little sisters side and side,
The boys are bound for me.
Two little sisters side and side,
The oldest one for Johnny cried.
I'll be kind to my true love
If he'll be kind to me.
2. Johnny bought the old one a beaver hat,
The youngest one thought hard of that.
3. Johnny bought the young one a gay gold ring,
He never bought the old one a single thing.
4. Two little sisters a-going down stream;
The oldest one put the young one in.
5. She floated on down to the miller's dam;
The miller brought her safe to land.
6. The miller has hung on the gallows so high;
The oldest one was hung close by.
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X:1
T:Two Sisters
S:Mrs Clercy Deeton, Mine Fork, Burnsville, N.C. Sept 1918
B:Sharp & Karpeles, English Folk-Songs from the Southern Appalachians, vol.I p.30 (5E)
N:Child 10, Roud 8
L:1/8
Q:1/4=120
M:2/2
K:F
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w:Two lit-tle sis-ters side and side, Sing I dum, sing I day.
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w:he'll be kind to me.