THE TWA SISTERS.—p. 157

A version of “Binnorie.” The ballad here ends abruptly; doubtless the

fiddler made fiddle-strings of the lady’s hair, and a fiddle of her

breast-bone, while the instrument probably revealed the cruelty of the

sister. Other extant versions are composite or interpolated, so this

fragment (Sharpe’s) has been preferred in this place.

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