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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." Old‑Time, Breakdown.<st1:country-region><st1:place>USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>, southwestern Va. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. A floating title which appears with a variety of tunes. The tune, an American variant of the British Isles hornpipe "The Boys of Bluehill," is peculiar to the Franklin/Floyd County area of southwestern Va., say Tom Carter and Blanton Owen (1976), 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; pg. 160.

Recorded sources : - Augusta Heritage Records 003, Ernie Carpenter ‑ "Elk River Blues: Traditional Tunes from<st1:place><st1:city>Braxton County</st1:city>,<st1:state>W.Va.</st1:state></st1:place>(Carpenter learned his version from Wallace Pritchard). Rounder 0057,<st1:city><st1:place>Sherman</st1:place></st1:city>Wimmer (<st1:place><st1:placename>Franklin</st1:placename><st1:placename>County</st1:placename></st1:place>,<st1:state><st1:place>Va.</st1:place></st1:state>) ‑ "Old Originals, vol. I" (1978). [may belong with another version]

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