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X:1 T:Twin Sisters [3] M:C L:1/8 R:Reel N:From a transcription by John Lamancusa, by permission http://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/tunes.htm Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (A2|:"D"A)FDF A3(A|"G"B)ABd e2 de|"D"fedf eefe|dfed "G"B2 dB| "D"AFDF A3A|"G"BABd e2 de|fedf "A"eefe|1 "D"d2 dd d3B:|2 "D"d2 dd d3f|| |:"D"afaf a2 aa|feff a2 aa|"D"ffaf "A"eefe|"D"dfed "G"B3f|"D"afdf a2 aa| feff a2 aa|"D"ffaf "A"eefe|1 "D"d2 dd d3f:|2 "D"d2 dd d4||

Twin Sisters (3). AKA and see “Jennie Baker,” "The Old Ark's A‑Moving." American, Reel (cut time). USA: southwestern Va., West Virginia. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Twin Sisters" is a floating title which appears with a variety of tunes. The melody is a variant of the hornpipe "Boys of Bluehill (The)" and, according to Tom Carter and Blanton Owen (1976), is peculiar to the Franklin/Floyd County area of southwestern Va.. However, several West Virginia versions are current (e.g. in the repertoire of Melvin Wine).

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Source for notated version: Peter Boveng [Silberberg].

Printed sources : - Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 160. Susan Songer & Clyde Curley (Portland Collection vol. 2), 2005; p. 216.

Recorded sources : - Augusta Heritage Records 003, Ernie Carpenter ‑ "Elk River Blues: Traditional Tunes from Braxton County, W.Va." (1986. Carpenter learned his version from Wallace Pritchard). Rounder 0057, Sherman Wimmer (Franklin County, Va.) ‑ "Old Originals, vol. I" (1978). [may belong with another version]. Rounder 3003, Putnam String County Band - "Home Grown" (1973). Voyager VRLP 316-S, Vivian Williams & Barbara Lamb - "Twin Sisters" (1975). Yodel-ay-hee 034, "The Reeltime Travelers" (2000).

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