Oh, The Wind And Rain

(album: Almost Acoustic - 1988)

There were two sisters came walking down the stream
Oh, the wind and rain
The one behind pushed the other one in
Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain

Johnny gave the youngest a gay gold ring
Oh, the wind and rain
Didn't give the oldest one anything
Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain

They pushed her into the river to drown
Oh, the wind and rain
And watched her as she floated down
Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain

Floated 'till she came to a miller's pond
Oh, the wind and rain
Mama oh father there swims a swan
Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain

The miller pushed her out with a fishing hook
Oh, the wind and rain
Drew that fair maid from the brook
Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain

He left her on the banks to dry
Crying oh the wind and rain
And a fiddling fool come passing by
Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain

Out of the woods came a fiddler fair
Oh, the wind and rain
Took thirty strands of her long yellow hair
Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain

And he made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair
Oh, the wind and rain
He made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair
Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain

He made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones
Oh, the wind and rain
He made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones
Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain

And he made a little fiddle of her breast bone
Oh, the wind and rain
The sound could melt a heart of stone
Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain

And the only tune that the fiddle would play
Was oh the wind and rain
The only tune that the fiddle would play
Was oh the dreadful wind and rain