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Podcast: Nick Caffrey a singer's view on traditional songs
Episode: 9. Two Sisters aka The Cruel Sister
Description: A dark tale of jealousy and thoughtless murder and in early versions, supernatural revenge. I also look at the ballad The Berkshire Tragedy which is often mistakenly linked to the The Two Sisters ballad.As well as tracing the known history of the song I sing samples of the different tunes associated to the ballad and finish on a full performance.