Oops -- I was intending to finish that statment, but thought "why haven't I sent this yet?".
Of course, the Cruel Sisters version is cut throughout aside from the insturment-making scene -- with 11 stanzas to Binnorie's ~28, it kinda has to be. And the version I'm cribbing from above is definately shorter than the one I first learned -- for example, where it has "He courted the eldest with glove and ring, / But he lo’ed the youngest abune a’ thing.", what I remember also has, immediately after, "He courted the eldest with broach and knife / But the youngest he loved beyond all life."
Ah, there we are -- child #10, 30 verses, pretty much exactly as I remmeber it.
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Date: 2006-01-17 07:44 pm (UTC)Of course, the Cruel Sisters version is cut throughout aside from the insturment-making scene -- with 11 stanzas to Binnorie's ~28, it kinda has to be. And the version I'm cribbing from above is definately shorter than the one I first learned -- for example, where it has "He courted the eldest with glove and ring, / But he lo’ed the youngest abune a’ thing.", what I remember also has, immediately after, "He courted the eldest with broach and knife / But the youngest he loved beyond all life."
Ah, there we are -- child #10, 30 verses, pretty much exactly as I remmeber it.
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