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There were two sisters came walking down the stream

Oh, the wind and the rain

One behind pushed the other one in

 Cryin' oh, the dreadful wind and rain

Johnny gave the youngest a gay gold ring

Oh, the wind and the rain

Didn't give the oldest one anything

Cryin' oh, the dreadful wind and rain

Pushed her into the river to drown

Oh, the wind and the rain

And watched her as she floated down

Cryin' oh, the dreadful wind and rain

She floated 'till she came to a fisher in the pond

Oh, the wind and the rain

Cryin' father, oh father there swims a swan

Cryin' oh, the dreadful wind and rain

Miller pulled her out with his drifting hook

Oh, the wind and the rain

And pulled that fair maid from the brook

Cryin' oh, the dreadful wind and rain

Melody Riff

Left her on the bank to dry

Cryin' Oh, the wind and the rain

And a fiddling fool come passing by

Cryin' oh, the dreadful wind and rain

Out of the woods came a fiddler fair

Oh, the wind and the rain

He took thirty strands of her long yellow hair

Cryin' oh, the dreadful wind and rain

And he made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair

Oh, the wind and the rain

And he made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair

Cryin' oh, the dreadful wind and rain

He made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones

Oh, the wind and the rain

He made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones

Cryin' oh, the dreadful wind and rain

And he made a little fiddle of her breast bone

Oh, the wind and the rain

Whose sound could melt a heart of stone

Cryin' oh, the dreadful wind and rain

And the only tune that fiddle would play was

Oh, the wind and the rain

The only tune that fiddle would play was

Oh, the dreadful wind and rain