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Thread #550 Message #3164032
Posted By: Desert Dancer
02-Jun-11 - 01:15 AM
Thread Name: Origins: background info for Two Sisters songs?
Subject: RE: bkground req. for Two Sisters songs?
This thread, J. Moulden or Philippa: Two sisters, from 1999 (and also linked at the top of this thread), has answers previously sorted, to wit:
- John Moulden said: "Brian tells me he got the song from Clive Collins, English Fiddler, whose source he believes was Andy Irvine who learned it in America."
- I pointed out that the Clannad version is basically "version E in Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles, English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians. It was collected from Mrs. Clercy Deeton at Mine Fork, Burnsville, North Carolina, September 19, 1918."