Cruel Sister

[00:01.36] There lived a lady by the North Sea shore
[00:06.03] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[00:10.26] Two daughters were the babes she bore
[00:15.22] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[00:19.36] As one grew bright as is the sun
[00:24.15] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[00:28.28] So coal-black grew the elder one
[00:33.07] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[00:45.26] A knight came riding to the lady's door
[00:50.77] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[00:54.96] He traveled far to be their wooer
[00:59.82] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[01:03.91] He courted one with gloves and rings
[01:08.35] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[01:12.75] But he loved the other above all things
[01:17.58] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
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[01:39.75] Oh, sister will you go with me
[01:44.59] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[01:48.72] To watch the ships sail on the sea?
[01:53.58] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[01:57.53] She took her sister by the hand
[02:02.48] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[02:06.55] And led her down to the North Sea strand
[02:11.34] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[02:24.28] And as they stood on the windy shore
[02:28.87] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[02:33.05] The dark girl threw her sister over
[02:37.87] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[02:42.06] Sometimes she sank, sometimes she swam
[02:46.35] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[02:50.86] Cryin', "Sister, reach to me your hand"
[02:55.62] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[02:59.69] Oh sister, sister, let me live
[03:04.43] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[03:08.65] And all that's mine I'll surely give
[03:13.14] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[03:17.38] Your own true love that I'll have and more
[03:22.23] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[03:26.02] But thou shalt never come ashore
[03:30.94] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[03:35.20] And there she floated like a swan
[03:39.88] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[03:43.87] The salt sea bore her body on
[03:48.62] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
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[04:10.33] Two minstrels walked along the strand
[04:15.22] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[04:19.31] And saw the maiden float to land
[04:23.89] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[04:28.01] They've made a harp of her breastbone
[04:32.83] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[04:36.87] Whose sound would melt a heart of stone
[04:41.65] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[04:45.83] They took three locks of her yellow hair
[04:50.52] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[04:54.68] And with them strung the harp so rare
[04:59.19] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
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[05:20.90] They went into her father's hall
[05:25.63] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[05:29.56] To play the harp before them all
[05:34.46] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[05:38.39] But as they laid it on a stone
[05:43.12] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[05:46.98] The harp began to play alone
[05:51.78] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[06:04.46] The first string sang a doleful sound
[06:08.93] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[06:13.13] The bride her younger sister drowned
[06:17.84] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[06:22.07] The second string as that they tried
[06:26.65] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[06:30.89] In terror sits the black-haired bride
[06:35.48] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[06:39.53] The third string sang beneath their bow
[06:44.16] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[06:48.30] And surely now her tears will flow
[06:52.97] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
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