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Formatsong text
TitleBinorie
Date1931
ContributorMrs Watson Gray
Index NameGray, Mrs Watson
PlaceCorner House, East Street, Fochabers, Scotland
Source Document Walter Scott Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border ( 1802-03 ) Bibliography
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS pp. 05893- 05895

Scope and Content Notes

Genre song - Child ballad
Alternative titleThe Twa Sisters
First lineThere wis twa sisters lived in a bower

28 stanzas
Type NumberChild 10, The Twa Sisters

Contextual Notes

Partly from her sister, Helen Mackaye; first part from Scott's Minstrelsy.

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Song TextThe Twa Sisters [song text] Mrs Watson Gray (contributor), Corner House, East Street, Fochabers, Scotland


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