From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Sat Jun 17 09:54:36 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:54:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Fre4C-0007yY-OG for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:54:36 -0700 Received: from mxsf19.cluster1.charter.net ([209.225.28.219]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Fre4A-0007yQ-0A for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:54:36 -0700 Received: from mxip02a.cluster1.charter.net (mxip02a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.132]) by mxsf19.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k5HGsVSo012276 for ; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:54:32 -0400 Received: from 24-247-28-251.dhcp.bycy.mi.charter.com (HELO [192.168.123.137]) ([24.247.28.251]) by mxip02a.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 17 Jun 2006 12:54:31 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.06,145,1149480000"; d="scan'208"; a="286327414:sNHT23874044" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v750) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <1C47D3AF-CAD4-4FE7-B64C-6244490CFF92@umich.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Alex Martini Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Another Song Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:54:30 -0400 To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-archive-position: 3275 X-Approved-By: alexjm@umich.edu X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: alexjm@umich.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners Appears to be an alternate name for Twa Sisters. For lyrics and a bit about the song, see http://www.contemplator.com/child/twasist.html For music and lyrics, see http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/displaysong.php?songid=88 On Jun 17, 2006, at 12:40 PM, Matt Arnold wrote: > Jonathan, > > Thanks for translating this. I understand what the first verse is > saying. I'm guessing at the second verse but I'm not sure. Did the > elder sister push the younger sister into a body of water? > > Are you attempting to fit into a meter so it can be sung? In order to > improve it by that standard, we'd have to know the original. > > Is there anywhere on the web that we can hear the melody of this song, > or read the original lyrics? Google has no record of the existence of > any string "bonnie boughs of London" on any webpage. > > -Matt >> On 6/16/06, Jonathan Gibbons wrote: >> >> [ li'o ] >>