The Wind and Rain

Georgia Harvey passed on this gem of a song last week. It's a sad old Bluegrass song, called "The Wind and the Rain"  or "The Twa Sisters"

Two little girls in a boat one day,
O the wind and rain;
Two little girls in a boat one day,
Crying, The dreadful wind and rain.

The one pushed the other in the water so wide,
O the wind and rain;
The one pushed the other in the water so wide,
And she cried the dreadful wind and rain.

She floated down to the old miller's dam,
O the wind and rain;
She floated down to the old miller's dam,
And she cried the dreadful wind and rain.

The miller came down with his long log pole,
O the wind and rain;
Charles Miller came down with his long log pole,
And she cried the dreadful wind and rain.

He hooked her out by her long yellow hair,
O the wind and rain;

He hooked her out by her long yellow hair,
And she cried the dreadful wind and rain.

And he made fiddle strings of her long yellow hair,

O the wind and rain;

He made fiddle strings of her long yellow hair,
And she cried the dreadful wind and rain.

And he made fiddle screws of her long finger bones,
O the wind and rain;

 He made fiddle screws of her long finger bones,
And she cried the dreadful wind and rain.

But the only tune that fiddle could play
Was O the wind and rain;
The only only tune that that fiddle could play
Was O, the dreadful wind and rain.