Twa and Twa

DESCRIPTION: Dance tune lyrics; "Twa and twa made the bed/Twa and twa lay together/When the bed begun to heat/The one got up abune the other." That's all.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1962 (collected from Jeannie Thompson)
KEYWORDS: sex dancing
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
MacColl/Seeger-TravellersSongsFromEnglandAndScotland 124, "Twa and Twa" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, TWANTWA*
Roud #5407
NOTES [12 words]: Runner-up to "Papa Loved Mama" for title of World's Shortest Ballad. - PJS
File: McCST124

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