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Thread #15717 Message #142338
Posted By: Jeri
29-Nov-99 - 07:56 PM
Thread Name: LYR clarify -- Bent to the Bonnie Broom?
Subject: RE: LYR clarify -- Bent to the Bonnie Broom?
George, here's the version of Two Sisters, but it has the phrase as "Lay the bend tae the bonnie broom."
The phrase shows up in a version of Child 1 (Riddles Wisely Expounded) here (Bonnie Broom) which has three sisters in it.