Clandestine - The Cruel Sister Lyrics

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A farmer lived in the north country

Hey ho bonny-o

He had daughters one two three.

One was as bright as is the sun

And coal black grew another one.

A knight came riding to the farmer's door

He'd travelled far to be their wooer.

He courted one with gloves and rings

He loved the other above all things.

Oh sister won't you walk with me

The swans they swim so bonny-o.

And see the ships sail on the sea?

And as they passed the river's brim

The eldest pushed the youngest in.

Sometimes she sank sometimes she swam

Crying "sister reach to me your hand!"

I'll give you neither hand nor glove

'less you give me your own true love.

The miller's daughter dressed in red

Went for some water to bake some bread.

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Oh father father here swims a swan

The river carries her body on.

They laid her on the bank to dry

There came a minstrel passing by.

He made pins of her fingers fair

And he made strings of her golden hair.

He made a harp out of her breastbone

The sound of which would melt a heart of stone.

He took it to her father's hall

The family there assembled all.

He placed the harp upon a stone

And it began to play alone.

The first string sang a doleful sound:

The younger sister she is drowned.

The second string the minstrel tried

And terror seized the black-haired bride.

The third string played beneath her bones

And surely now her tears will flow.

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