There were two sisters came walkin' down the stream.
Oh the wind and rain.
Older one pushed the youngest one in,
Cryin' Oh the dreadful wind and rain.
"˜Cause Johnny gave the youngest a gay gold ring.
Oh the wind and rain.
Didn't give the oldest one anything,
Cryin' Oh the dreadful wind and rain.
So she pushed her into the river to drown.
Oh the wind and rain.
Watched her as she floated down,
Cryin' Oh the dreadful wind and rain.
She floated 'till she came to the miller's pond.
Oh the wind and rain.
Cried father o father there swims a swan,
Cryin' Oh the dreadful wind and rain.
Then out of the woods came a fidder fair.
Oh the wind and rain.
He plucked thirty strands of her long yellow hair,
Cryin' Oh the dreadful wind and rain.
And he made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair.
Oh the wind and rain.
Made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair,
Cryin' Oh the dreadful wind and rain.
And he made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones.
Oh the wind and rain.
He made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones,
Cryin' Oh the dreadful wind and rain.
And he made a little fiddle of her own breast bone.
Oh the wind and rain.
The sound could melt a heart of stone,
Cryin' Oh the dreadful wind and rain.
And the only tune that the fiddle would play
Was oh the wind and rain.
Only tune that the fiddle would play
Was oh the dreadful wind and rain.