Cruel Sister

[00:03.56] There lived a lady by the North Sea shore
[00:05.35] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[00:09.86] Two daughters were the babes she bore
[00:14.30] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[00:18.86] As one grew bright as is the sun
[00:23.30] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[00:27.89] So coal-black grew the elder one
[00:32.36] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[00:45.98] A knight came riding to the lady's door
[00:50.47] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[00:54.92] He traveled far to be their wooer
[00:59.42] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[01:03.97] He courted one with gloves and rings
[01:08.46] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[01:12.94] But he loved the other above all things
[01:17.46] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[01:39.91] Oh, sister will you go with me
[01:44.46] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[01:48.08] To watch the ships sail on the sea?
[01:53.46] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[01:57.95] She took her sister by the hand
[02:01.53] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[02:06.04] And led her down to the North Sea strand
[02:11.40] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[02:24.18] And as they stood on the windy shore
[02:28.64] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[02:33.20] The dark girl threw her sister over
[02:37.64] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[02:42.19] Sometimes she sank, sometimes she swam
[02:46.61] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[02:50.26] Cryin', "Sister, reach to me your hand"
[02:55.65] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[02:59.26] Oh sister, sister, let me live
[03:03.72] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[03:08.25] And all that's mine I'll surely give
[03:12.73] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[03:17.22] Your own true love that I'll have and more
[03:21.84] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[03:26.30] But thou shalt never come ashore
[03:30.80] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[03:35.31] And there she floated like a swan
[03:39.82] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[03:43.43] The salt sea bore her body on
[03:48.89] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[04:10.48] Two minstrels walked along the strand
[04:14.97] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[04:18.55] And saw the maiden float to land
[04:23.90] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[04:28.43] They've made a harp of her breastbone
[04:32.04] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[04:36.57] Whose sound would melt a heart of stone
[04:41.10] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[04:45.68] They took three locks of her yellow hair
[04:50.10] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[04:54.69] And with them strung the harp so rare
[04:59.16] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[05:20.74] They went into her father's hall
[05:25.29] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[05:29.79] To play the harp before them all
[05:34.23] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[05:38.70] But as they laid it on a stone
[05:42.36] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[05:46.89] The harp began to play alone
[05:51.37] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[06:03.99] The first string sang a doleful sound
[06:08.44] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[06:12.90] The bride her younger sister drowned
[06:17.41] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[06:21.99] The second string as that they tried
[06:26.41] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[06:30.92] In terror sits the black-haired bride
[06:35.50] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[06:39.13] The third string sang beneath their bow
[06:43.65] Lay the bent to the Bonnie broom
[06:48.10] And surely now her tears will flow
[06:52.62] Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
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