There were two sisters who lived by the sea
Oh, the wind and rain
The younger one loved a man in the trees
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain
But the man broke her heart like he didn't care
Oh, the wind and rain
The sister ran her fingers though his hair
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain
So the younger got drunk on whisky and wine
Oh, the wind and rain
Screamed his name and echoed through the pines
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain
So she pushed her sister in the river to drown
Oh, the wind and rain
Watched her coldly as she floated down
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain
And she floated 'til she came to the miller's pond
Oh, the wind and rain
Dead on the water like a golden swan, cryin'
"Oh, the dreadful wind and rain"
And the miller pulled her out with a rusty fishing hook
Oh, the wind and rain
Drew that fair maid from the cold, cold brook, cryin'
"Oh, the dreadful wind and rain"
And he left her bones on the banks to dry
Oh, the wind and rain
Left her bones there right under the sky, cryin'
"Oh, the dreadful wind and rain"
And along the road came a fiddler fair
Oh, the wind and rain
Found her bones just lyin' there, cryin'
"Oh, the dreadful wind and rain"
And he made a little fiddle of her breastbone
Oh, the wind and rain
Made a little fiddle of her breastbone, cryin'
"Oh, the dreadful wind and rain"
And he strung his fiddlebow with her long brown hair
Oh, the wind and rain
Strung his fiddlebow with her long brown hair, cryin'
"Oh, the dreadful wind and rain"
But 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