THE TWO SISTERS THAT LOVED ONE MAN
sung by LEE MONROE PRESNELL, on Nothing Seems Better To Me, The Warner Collection volume II, Appleseedd Recordings APR CD 1036, ballad recorded in 1951.

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There was two sisters that loved one man
Jennie (?) flower gem (?) and rosemary
And the youngest of them he loved best
And the jury hangs over the rosemary

O sister, sister, walk with me
Walk with me to the miller's pond

O the oldest pushed the youngest in
... the water was...

O sister, sister, reach me your hand
You may have ... (half?) ... land

O sister, sister, I won't reach my hand
I will have all of the land

O sister, sister, reach me your glove
You may have sweet William for your own true love

O sister, sister, I won't reach my hand
I will have sweet William for my own true love

O she floated around and she floated down
She floated down to the miller's pond

O miller, miller, come and see
There is some (big?) .. a floated by ...

O it is not a fish or(?) it is not a swan
It is .......