Two Little Sisters
Two little sisters side by side
Oh the wind and rain
Two little sisters side by side
Holding hands by the riverside
Oh the wind and rain, Oh the dread-ful
wind and rain
One pushed the other into the tide
One pushed the other in the raging tide
One girl laughed while the other girl cried
She floated on down to the old mill pond
She floated on down to the miller’s pond
Gave up the ghost and sang this song
The miller hooked her out of the old mill race
The miller hooked her out of the old mill race
Said, I never caught a fish that I ever did waste
That miller was a devil and the devil had a plan
That miller was a devil and the devil had a plan
To build him a fiddle with his own two hands
Took her little shin bone for his fingering board
Took her little shin bone for his fingering board
Boiled her hide for the glue, good Lord!
Made his fiddle screws from her finger bones
Made his fiddle screws from her finger bones
And the catgut strings were the poor girls own
Then he combed her hair for his fiddle bow
Combed her hair for his fiddle bow
Tightened it up and he tapped his toe
The only tune that fiddle would play was ...
The only tune that fiddle would play
Was the song she sang on her dying day
The day did come when her sister wed
The day did come when her sister wed
Happiest day that she ever did had
Held the wedding dance at the old town hall
Held the wedding dance at the old town hall
But the only dance that fiddler called – was...
The tune put a fever in her head
The fiddle put a fever in her head
And she danced and danced till she fell down dead
Two little sisters, mark them well
Two little sisters, mark them well
One sings in heaven, one dances in hell