Guitar,
Banjo, Vocals - Robin
Bass - Barry Weisenfeld
Fiddle - Dan Collins
Percussion/bodhrun - Cheryl Prashkar
Also known as The Twa Sisters, this is Child Ballad #10. Guys, never take the older sister for granted!
The Two Sisters
There were two sisters side by side,
sing ay dum, sing ay day
There were two sisters side by side, the boys are bound for me
There were two sisters side by side, the eldest for young Johnny cried
And I'll be true unto my love, if
he'll be true to me
Johnny bought the youngest a gay
gold ring, sing ay dum, sing ay day
Johnny bought the youngest a gay gold ring, the boys are bound for me
Johnny bought the youngest a gay gold ring, he didn't buy the eldest anything
And I'll be true unto my love,
if he'll be true to me
Johnny bought the youngest a beaver
hat, sing ay dum, sing ay day
Johnny bought the youngest a beaver hat, the boys are bound for me
Johnny bought the youngest a beaver hat, the eldest didn't think much of that
And I'll be true unto my love,
if he'll be true to me
As they were a-walking by the foamy brim, sing ay dum, sing ay day
As they were a-walking by the foamy brim, the boys are bound for me
As they were a-walking by the foamy brim, the eldest pushed the youngest in
And I'll be true unto my love,
if he'll be true to me
"Oh sister, oh sister, give me thy hand", sing
ay dum, sing ay day
"Oh sister, oh sister, give me thy hand", the
boys are bound for me
"Oh sister, oh sister, give me
thy hand", and you can have Johnny and all his land
I'll be true unto my love, if he'll
be true to me
"Oh sister, I won't give
you my hand", sing
ay dum, sing ay day
Sister,
I'll not give you my hand, the
boys are
bound for me
Sister, I'll not give you my
hand,
and I'll have Johnny and all his land
And I'll be true unto my love, if
he'll
be true to me"
So away she sank and away she swam, sing
ay dum, sing ay day
So away she sank and away she swam, the
boys are
bound for me
So away she sank and away she swam, until she reached the Miller's dam
And I'll be true unto my love, if
he'll
be true to me
The Miller he took her gay gold
ring, sing
ay dum, sing ay day
The Miller he took her gay gold ring, the
boys are
bound for me
The Miller he took her gay gold ring, and then he pushed her in again
And I'll be true unto my love, if
he'll
be true to me
The Miller he was hanged on a mountain-head, sing
ay dum, sing ay day
The Miller he was hanged on a mountain-head, the
boys are
bound for me
The Miller he was hanged on a mountain-head, the eldest sister was boiled in
lead
And I'll be true unto my love, if
he'll
be true to me