Written by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

Arranged by Megan Mullally and SMP

There were two sisters of county Clare
Oh, the wind and the rain
One was dark and the other was fair
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain

And they both had a love of the miller's son
Oh, the wind and the rain
But he was fond of the fairer one
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain

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

And she floated till she came to the millers pond
Oh, the wind and the rain
Dead on the water like a golden swan
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain

As she came to rest on the riverside
Oh, the wind and the rain
And her bones were washed by the rolling tide
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain

And along the road came a fiddler fair
Oh, the wind and the rain
And found her bones just a lying there, cried
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain

So he made a fiddle peg of her long finger bone
Oh, the wind and the rain
He a made a fiddle peg of her long finger bone, crying
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain

And he strung his fiddle bow with her long yellow hair
Oh, the wind and the rain
He strung his fiddle bow with her long yellow hair, cried
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain

And he made a fiddle fiddle of her breast bone
Oh, the wind and the rain
He made a fiddle fiddle of her breast bone, crying
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

 

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