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Thread #49495   Message #2339929
Posted By: Stewie
13-May-08 - 10:57 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: Oh the Wind and Rain
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Oh the Wind And Rain
Bob, below is a transcription from the CD 'The wheel of the year: thirty years with the Armstrong Family' [Flying Fish FF70594, 1992]. I hope this is what you want. The CD also has a version of the 'Two Sisters' under the title 'Lay the Bent'.

Jody Stecher also recorded a fine version of 'The two sisters' which he cobbled together from a number of sources on his 'Going Up on the Mountain' album. He was backed with some beaut fiddle playing by Hank Bradley. He also recorded an expanded version accompanied by oud and mandolin on his CD 'Oh The Wind and Rain: Eleven Ballads' Appleseed APR CD 1030.

WIND AND RAIN

Two little sisters went a-walking one fine day
Oh the wind and the rain
One pushed the other into the water, water deep
And she cried the dreadful wind and the rain

Along came the miller with his old grab hook
Oh the wind and the rain
He fetched her out from the bottom of the brook
And she cried the dreadful wind and the rain

He made fiddle strings from her long yellow hair
Oh the wind and the rain
He made fiddle pegs from her long finger bones
And she cried the dreadful wind and the rain

The only tune that my fiddle can play
Oh the wind and the rain
The only only tune that my fiddle can play
Is oh the dreadful wind and the rain

--Stewie.