Now there where to sisters come walking down the stream
Oh, the wind and rain
The one behind pushed the other one in
Cried, oh, the dreadful wind and rain
Johny gave the youngest one a gay gold ring
Oh, the wind and rain
He didn't give the oldest one anything
Cried, oh, the dreadful wind and rain
"Sister, oh, sister give me thy hand"
Oh, the wind and rain
"And you can have Johny and all his land"
Cried, oh, the dreadful wind and rain
"Well sister, I'll not give you thy hand"
Oh, the wind and rain
"And I'll have Johny and all his land"
Cried, oh, the dreadful wind and rain
She pushed her in the river to drown
Oh, the wind and rain
And watched her as she floated down
Cried, oh, the dreadful wind and rain
She floated 'til she came to the miller's pond
Oh, the wind and rain
Cried, "father, oh, father there swims a swan"
Cried, oh, the dreadful wind and rain
And the miller pulled her out with a fishing Oh, the wind and rain
Pulled that fair maid from the brook
Cried, oh, the dreadful wind and rain
Left her on a bank to dry
Oh, the wind and rain
And the fiddling fool come passing by
Cried, oh, the dreadful wind and rain
And out of the woods came a fiddler fair
Oh, the wind and rain
And took several strands of her long yellow hair
Cried, 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
Cried, oh, the dreadful wind and rain
And he made fiddle pegs of her little finger bones
Oh, the wind and rain
He made fiddle pegs of her little finger bones
Cried, oh, the dreadful wind and rain
And he made a little fiddle of her breastbone
Oh, the wind and rain
Its sound could melt a heart of stone
Cried, oh, the dreadful wind and rain
And the only tune that fiddle would play was
Oh, the wind and rain
The only tune that fiddle would play was
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain