The English and Scottish Popular Ballads/Part 10/Ballad Airs from Manuscript/Ballad 10

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10 Bc. The Twa Sisters.
Abbotsford MS., "Scottish Songs."

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                    \time 3/4
                    
                    \repeat volta 2 {
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                        \stemDown b4( ds2) |
                        cs4. b8 \stemUp \grace{b16( cs} \stemDown ds4) |
                        \stemUp b8 \noBeam gs fs4. fs8 |
                        
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                        \grace{b8(} \stemDown ds4) b16(cs ds8) fs4 |
                        gs8.( fs16) fs4 \stemUp \grace{fs8} \stemDown fs8( gs) |
                        
                        e4 e8 \noBeam e \noBeam e \noBeam ds |
                        \stemUp \grace{ds16( e)} \stemDown gs4) r gs16( a b8) |
                        gs8.( fs16) e8.( ds16) ds16[( cs)] b8 |
                        
                        \stemUp b4. gs8 \grace{fs16( gs} fs4) |
                        fs16( gs b8) \stemDown cs4 ds |
                        gs16( a b8) gs8. fs16 e8. ds16 |
                        cs8. \noBeam b16 \stemUp \grace{cs8(} \stemDown b4.)
                    }
                }
                \addlyrics {
                    There was twa sis -- ters in a bour,
                    Ed -- in -- borough, Ed -- in -- borough;
                    There was twa sis -- ters in ae bour,
                    Stir -- ling for ay.
                    There_was twa sis -- ters in ae bour,
                    There came a knight to be their wooer,
                    Bon -- ny St. John -- ston _ stands _ up -- on -- Tay.
                }
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10 W. The Twa Sisters.
T. Lugten, Kelso.

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                \relative c' {
                    \autoBeamOff
                    \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 100
                    \key f \major
                    \time 4/4 \numericTimeSignature
                    
                    \partial 4 \stemUp d8[( f)] |
                    g4 g g f |
                    d8 d c d f4 r |
                    
                    a g8[( f)] d[( c)] d[( f)] |
                    g2 g4 g8[( a)] |
                    bf[( g)] a bf \stemDown c4 bf8[( c)] |
                    
                    d4 d g8[( d)] d c |
                    \stemUp bf[( a)] g[( f)] d[( c)] d f |
                    g2 g4 r |
                    \bar "|."
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                \addlyrics {
                    There were three la -- dies play -- ing at the ba,
                    Nor -- ham, down by Nor -- ham,
                    And oot cam a knight to view them a',
                    By the bonn -- nie mill- -- dams o Nor -- ham.
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10. The Twa Sisters.
Mrs Harris and others.

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                    \key c \major
                    \time 4/4
                    
                    \partial 8 \stemUp g8 |
                    a4 a \stemDown d d |
                    \stemUp a8 g f e d2 |
                    a'4 a \stemDown d d |
                    \stemUp g,2. d4 |
                    
                    g b8 a a a \stemDown d4 |
                    d \stemUp a8 g f e d4 |
                    b8 c d d d4 g |
                    b4. a8 a d,8 |
                    \bar "|."
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