Rab Noakes - The Two Sisters
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO:] G C G Am D/F# G C Am D/F#
[VERSE 1:]
G C G
Oh, there were two sisters come walking down the stream
Am C D/F#
Oh, the wind and the rain
G C
And one of them pushed the other one in
Am C D/F#
But, oh, the cruel wind and rain
[VERSE 2:]
G C G
A soldier gave the younger one a gay gold ring
Am C D/F#
Oh, the wind and the rain
G C
Didn't give the older one anything
Am C D/F#
But, oh, the cruel wind and rain
[VERSE 3:]
G C G
She pushed her sister in the river to drown
Am C D/F#
Oh, the wind and the rain
G C
And watched her as she floated on down
Am C D/F#
But, oh, the cruel wind and rain
[VERSE 4:]
G C G
She floated 'til she came to the miller's pond
Am C D/F#
Oh, the wind and the rain
G C
And father, oh father, there swims a swan
Am C D/F#
Oh, the cruel wind and rain
[VERSE 4:]
G C G
Well, the miller laid her out on the banks to dry
Am C D/F#
Oh, the wind and the rain
G C
And the fiddlin' fool come a-passing by
Am C D/F# D7/F#
Cried, oh, the cruel wind and rain
[INSTRUMENTAL:] G C G Am D/F# G C Am D/F#
[VERSE 5:]
G C G
Yes, way down the road come a fiddler fair
Am C D/F#
Oh, the wind and the rain
G C
And he's made fiddle strings of her long yellow hair
Am C D/F#
Cried, oh, the cruel wind and rain
[VERSE 6:]
G C G
And he's made a fiddle body of her fresh bones
Am C D/F#
Oh, the wind and the rain
G C
Whose sound would melt a heart of stone
Am C D/F#
And, oh, the cruel wind and rain
[VERSE 7:]
G C G
But the only tune that the fiddle could play
Am C D/F#
Was, oh, the wind and the rain
G C
The only tune that fiddle could play
Am C D/F# D7/F#
Was, oh, the cruel wind and rain
[OUTRO:] G C G Am D/F#
G C
The only tune that fiddle could play
Am C G
Was, oh, the cruel wind and rain