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|f_annotation='''Twin Sisters (3).''' AKA and see "[[Grandfather's Tune (2)]]," “[[Jennie Baker]],” "[[Old Ark's a-Moving (The)]]," "[[Reel (17)]]," "[[~~Twin~~ Sisters (1) (The)]]." American, Reel (cut time). USA: southwestern Va., West Virginia. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Twin Sisters" is a floating title that is appended to 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 were recorded (e.g. Ernie Carpenter, Melvin Wine). See also the untitled 19th century reel ("[[Reel (17)]]") in the Hamblen family manuscripts, and Texas fiddler Lewis Thomasson's "[[Grandfather's Tune (2)]]," both cognate versions of "Twin Sisters."

|f_annotation='''Twin Sisters (3).''' AKA and see "[[Grandfather's Tune (2)]]," “[[Jennie Baker]],” "[[Mountain Hornpipe (4)]]," "[[Old Ark's a-Moving (The)]]," "[[Reel (17)]]," "[[Two Sisters (1) (The)]]." American, Reel (cut time). USA: southwestern Va., West Virginia. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Twin Sisters" is a floating title that is appended to a variety of tunes, perhaps in association with dance figures. 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 were recorded (e.g. Ernie Carpenter, Melvin Wine). See also the untitled 19th century reel ("[[Reel (17)]]") in the Hamblen family manuscripts, and Texas fiddler Lewis Thomasson's "[[Grandfather's Tune (2)]]," both cognate versions of "Twin Sisters (3)."

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Paul Mitchell identifies "[[Mountain Hornpipe (4)]]," in the repertory of latter 20th century fiddler Erskine Morris (1913-1997), originally from Douglastown, Gaspé, Québec, to be a cognate (and quite close) version of "[[Jenny Baker]]"/"Twin Sisters (3)."

|f_source_for_notated_version=Source for notated version: Peter Boveng [Silberberg].

|f_printed_sources=~~<span>~~Silberberg ('''Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern'''), 2002; p. 160. Susan Songer & Clyde Curley ('''Portland Collection vol. 2'''), 2005; p. 216.

|f_printed_sources= Silberberg ('''Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern'''), 2002; p. 160. Susan Songer & Clyde Curley ('''Portland Collection vol. 2'''), 2005; p. 216.

|f_recorded_sources=~~<span>~~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).

|f_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). "Chance McCoy and The Appalachian String Band" (2008).

|f_see_also_listing=Hear Chance McCoy & the Appalachian String Band's recording at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES2f8gZniEI]

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-|f_annotation='''Twin Sisters (3).''' AKA and see "[[Grandfather's Tune (2)]]," “[[Jennie Baker]],” "[[Old Ark's a-Moving (The)]]," "[[Reel (17)]]," "[[Twin Sisters (1) (The)]]." American, Reel (cut time). USA: southwestern Va., West Virginia. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Twin Sisters" is a floating title that is appended to 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 were recorded (e.g. Ernie Carpenter, Melvin Wine). See also the untitled 19th century reel ("[[Reel (17)]]") in the Hamblen family manuscripts, and Texas fiddler Lewis Thomasson's "[[Grandfather's Tune (2)]]," both cognate versions of "Twin Sisters."
+|f_annotation='''Twin Sisters (3).''' AKA and see "[[Grandfather's Tune (2)]]," “[[Jennie Baker]],” "[[Mountain Hornpipe (4)]]," "[[Old Ark's a-Moving (The)]]," "[[Reel (17)]]," "[[Two Sisters (1) (The)]]." American, Reel (cut time). USA: southwestern Va., West Virginia. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Twin Sisters" is a floating title that is appended to a variety of tunes, perhaps in association with dance figures. 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 were recorded (e.g. Ernie Carpenter, Melvin Wine). See also the untitled 19th century reel ("[[Reel (17)]]") in the Hamblen family manuscripts, and Texas fiddler Lewis Thomasson's "[[Grandfather's Tune (2)]]," both cognate versions of "Twin Sisters (3)."
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+Paul Mitchell identifies "[[Mountain Hornpipe (4)]]," in the repertory of latter 20th century fiddler Erskine Morris (1913-1997), originally from Douglastown, Gaspé, Québec, to be a cognate (and quite close) version of "[[Jenny Baker]]"/"Twin Sisters (3)."
 |f_source_for_notated_version=Source for notated version: Peter Boveng [Silberberg].
-|f_printed_sources=<span>Silberberg ('''Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern'''), 2002; p. 160. Susan Songer & Clyde Curley ('''Portland Collection vol. 2'''), 2005; p. 216.
+|f_printed_sources= Silberberg ('''Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern'''), 2002; p. 160. Susan Songer & Clyde Curley ('''Portland Collection vol. 2'''), 2005; p. 216.
-|f_recorded_sources=<span>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).
+|f_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). "Chance McCoy and The Appalachian String Band" (2008).
+|f_see_also_listing=Hear Chance McCoy & the Appalachian String Band's recording at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES2f8gZniEI]
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