Clandestine

Clandestine - The Cruel Sister lyrics

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A farmer lived in the North Country,<br />

Hey ho, bonny-o,<br />

He had daughters one, two, three.<br />

One was as bright as is the sun,<br />

And coal black grew another one.<br />

A knight came riding to the farmer's door,<br />

He'd travelled far to be their wooer.<br />

He courted one with gloves and rings,<br />

He loved the other above all things.<br />

Oh sister, won't you walk with me,<br />

The swans they swim so bonny-o.<br />

And see the ships sail on the sea?<br />

And as they passed the river's brim,<br />

The eldest pushed the youngest in.<br />

Sometimes she sank, sometimes she swam,<br />

Crying, "Sister, reach to me your hand!"<br />

I'll give you neither hand nor glove,<br />

'Less you give me your own true love.<br />

The miller's daughter, dressed in red,<br />

Went for some water to bake some bread.<br />

Oh, Father, Father, here swims a swan,<br />

The river carries her body on.<br />

They laid her on the bank to dry,<br />

There came a minstrel passing by.<br />

He made pins of her fingers fair,<br />

And he made strings of her golden hair.<br />

He made a harp out of her breastbone,<br />

The sound of which would melt a heart of stone.<br />

He took it to her father's hall<br />

The family there assembled all.<br />

He placed the harp upon a stone<br />

And it began to play alone.<br />

The first string sang a doleful sound:<br />

The younger sister, she is drowned.<br />

The second string the minstrel tried,<br />

And terror seized the black-haired bride.<br />

The third string played beneath her bones,<br />

And surely now her tears will flow.

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