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Thread #35497 Message #484849
Posted By: Anglo
16-Jun-01 - 01:15 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Cruel Sister (from Pentangle)
Subject: RE: Chorus to Pentangle's 'The Cruel Sister'

It's "Lay the bent to the bonny broom." I believe this was discussed a while ago. Pentangle took the tune and chorus from a ballad usually known as "Riddles Wisely Expounded" (Child #1) and adapted it to a text of the Two Sisters.