bones and hair of the dead girl; the harp plays alone, powered by the girl's soul. The harp is brought to her father's hall and plays before the entire court, telling of her sister's crime. The song also mentions her brother named Hugh, and her beloved William, and gives a name to the older sister, Anne. An early Alfred Lord Tennyson poem, "The Sisters", also bears a resemblance to the ballad: a sister scorned in love who murders the lover of her sister, and possibly the sister too, out of jealousy. In Germany, there is a ballad called (stone bread) which is also sometimes known as (two sisters). Versions and settings Authentic Field Recordings Approximately 139 recordings have been made of authentic versions of the ballad sung by traditional singers, mostly in the United States and Scotland. The following are examples of these recordings: Ethel Findlater of Dounby, Orkney, Scotland, recorded by Peter Kennedy in 1954. Lucy Stewart of Fetterangus, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, recorded by James Madison Carpenter, Peter Kennedy / Hamish Henderson in 1955, and Kenneth Goldstein in 1959. Christina MacAllister of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, recorded by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, 1962. Helen Scott of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, recorded by Kenneth Goldstein, 1960. George Fradley of Sudbury, Derbyshire, England, recorded by Mike Yates, 1984. Horton Barker of Chilhowie, Virginia, United States, recorded by Arthur K. Davis, 1932. Charles Ingenthron of Walnut Shade, Missouri, USA, recorded by Randolph Vance, 1941. Jean Ritchie of Viper, Kentucky USA, recorded by Artus Moser and recorded separately with her sisters by Mary Elizabeth Barnicle in 1946. Other Versions and Settings Andrew Bird recorded a setting titled "Two Sisters" as the fifth track of his album Music of Hair. Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick recorded a version titled "The Bows of London". The Irish group Clannad has a version titled "Two Sisters" on their album Dúlamán. This version inspired the name of Minneapolis Celtic-rock band Boiled in Lead. Bob Dylan performed "Two Sisters" in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and a recording of an impromptu version in the apartment of his friend Karen Wallace from May 1960 appears on The Genuine Bootleg Series, Take 2. He also based "Percy's Song" on the variant "The Wind and the Rain". Jerry Garcia and David Grisman recorded "Dreadful Wind and Rain" on the Shady Grove album. Folk metal band In Extremo recorded an Old Norwegian version of the