Wind and Rain, The
Dreadful Wind and Rain, The
Sheet Music (and more information about this song)
There were two sisters of County Clare,
Oh, the wind and rain,
One was dark and the other was fair,
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
And they both had a love of the miller's son,
Oh, the wind and rain,
But he was fond of the fairer one,
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
So she pushed her into the river to drown,
Oh, the wind and rain,
And watched her as she floated down,
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
And she floated till she came to the miller's pond,
Oh, the wind and the rain,
Dead on the water like a golden swan,
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
And she came to rest on the riverside,
Oh, the wind and the rain,
And her bones were washed by the rolling tide,
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
And along the road came a fiddler fair,
Oh, the wind and rain,
And found her bones just a lying there,
Crying, oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
So he made a fiddle peg of her long finger bone,
Oh, the wind and the rain,
He a made a fiddle peg of her long finger bone,
Crying, oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
And he strung his fiddle bow with her long yellow hair,
Oh, the wind and the rain,
He strung his fiddle bow with her long yeller hair,
Crying, oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
And he made a little fiddle of her breast bone,
Oh, the wind and rain,
He made a little fiddle of her breast bone,
Crying, oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
But the only tune that the fiddle would play was
Oh, the wind and rain,
The only tune that the fiddle would play was
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
Discography: Gillian Welch
Altan: Local Ground
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