8.6k and the harp of bone

[thanate]

two sisters walked by a miller’s stream
o the wind and the rain
the one behind pushed the other one in
o the dreadful wind and rain

she floated on down to the miller’s pond
o the wind and the rain
stop the dam there swims a swan
o the dreadful wind and rain

the millers’ son ran down the hill
o the wind and the rain
pulled her out of his mill wheel
o the dreadful wind and rain

he made a little fiddle of her breastbone
o the wind and the rain
whose sound would melt a heart of stone
o the dreadful wind and rain

the only tune that the fiddle would play
was "o the wind and the rain"
the only tune that the fiddle would play was
"o the dreadful wind and rain"

This is not quite stuck in my head, since I still don't really know the tune. Oh well.

Comments

[spikywheel.livejournal.com]

I only know the Lorinna McKinnett version...

[thanate.livejournal.com]

I didn't know she'd done one.

I have a very vague idea of what the tune is from a friend of a friend who sang it to us once years ago, and just discovered that there do exist recordings of a longer version. I like this one because it's so bare-bones; you can tell it's the twa sisters story, but they took out all the motivations and everything.