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10 Oct 99 - 07:59 PM (#122555) Subject: dreadful wind and rain lyrics? From: roybas@hotmail.com if anyone could find or knows the lyrics to the tune on grisman and garcia's shady grove it would be greatly appriciated. if you could, would send them to roybas@hotmail.com. Thank you so very much |
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10 Oct 99 - 08:14 PM (#122563) Subject: RE: dreadful wind and rain lyrics? From: margaret I know the Jody Stecher version, if that's helpful. Don't know if it's the same as as Grisman/Garcia. I'm a very slow typist so if you say "yeah, that'd be helpful," be patient. |
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10 Oct 99 - 08:30 PM (#122569) Subject: RE: dreadful wind and rain lyrics? From: MAG (inactive) Serendipitously enough, I always thought the Armstrongs (George and Jerry) did the definitive version of this, Jerry on mountain dulcimer, if I recall. |
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10 Oct 99 - 08:39 PM (#122571) Subject: RE: dreadful wind and rain lyrics? From: arkie Somewhere in Mudcat is a thread on this very subject. Surely someone who understands this wonderful place better than I can find it for you. |
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10 Oct 99 - 09:04 PM (#122577) Subject: RE: dreadful wind and rain lyrics? From: Alan of Australia G'day, I'm sure this will be a version of the Twa Sisters. Do a lyric search for #10 - you'll find several versions. One of them will probably be close to what you want.
Cheers, |
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10 Oct 99 - 09:33 PM (#122583) Subject: RE: dreadful wind and rain lyrics? From: John of the Hill Go to www.rukind.com then click on The Grateful Dead, scroll down the list to Oh The Wind and Rain, and I think you'll have what you want. John |
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11 Oct 99 - 04:19 AM (#122646) Subject: Lyr Add: THE DREADFUL WIND AND RAIN From: unclenort THE DREADFUL WIND AND RAIN
There were two sisters came walking down the stream Johnny gave the youngest a gay gold ring Pushed her into the river to drown She floated 'till she came to a fisher in the pond Miller pulled her out with his drifting hook Left her on the bank to dry Out of the woods came a fiddler fair And he made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair He made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones And he made a little fiddle of her breast bone And the only tune that fiddle would play was easier for me to post than e-mail.hope it helps |
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11 Oct 99 - 11:37 AM (#122687) Subject: RE: dreadful wind and rain lyrics? From: Martin Jonas Extending the scope of the discussion a bit, Bob Dylan pinched the structure and the recurring line (lightly altered to "Oh the cruel rain and the wind") of Twa Sisters for "Percy's Song". The Fairport Convention recording is the definitive one (Dylan's own is a bit obscure and only available on the Biograph box set). Martin |
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12 Oct 99 - 05:49 AM (#122917) Subject: RE: dreadful wind and rain lyrics? From: murray@mpce.mq.edu.au There is also a version of "Oh, the Wind and the Rain" done by the autoharpist Kilby Snow. Instead of two sisters walking it is two lovers in a boat. The man pushes the woman in. She gets fished out at a mill and they make a fiddle from parts of her. A real chilling song and well done. Murray |
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12 Oct 99 - 06:34 PM (#123171) Subject: RE: dreadful wind and rain lyrics? From: Chet W. Since it's already kind of a grisly song anyway, we add our own verses, like:
He made a salad bowl from the top of her head... etc., new ones improvised all the time Well intentioned, Chet |
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12 Oct 99 - 06:47 PM (#123176) Subject: RE: dreadful wind and rain lyrics? From: Rick Fielding In the version I've just recorded on Borealis, there's a bit of deserved retribution in the last verse. "And the fiddle cried out for all to hear, Oh the wind and rain. I'm drowned for spite by a sister dear. Cryin' the dreadful wind and rain." Rick |
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13 Oct 99 - 11:07 AM (#123404) Subject: RE: dreadful wind and rain lyrics? From: unclenort great last verse. hope you don't mind it i cop it. a definite keeper. |
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13 Oct 99 - 11:18 AM (#123407) Subject: RE: dreadful wind and rain lyrics? From: margaret chet, i have a feeling i'm never again going to be able to sing this song without thinking of salad bowls. thanks for the laugh! |
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25 Jun 20 - 06:03 PM (#4061394) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dreadful Wind and Rain From: GUEST,Bradfordian Any of you knowledgeable ‘caters able to point me towards the origin of this version of the Two Sisters/The Wind and the rain please? THE WIND AND THE RAIN ‘Twas early one morning in the month of May Oh the wind and the rain. Two lovers went walking on a bright spring day Crying in the dreadful wind and rain. Well he said “Oh, my lady, will you marry me?” Oh the wind and the rain. “And my sweet wife you will always be” Crying in the dreadful wind and rain. But she said “Oh no, that can ne - ver be” Oh the wind and the rain. “For you’re much too poor for the support of me” Crying in the dreadful wind and rain. So he spun her around and he stabbed her to the ground Oh the wind and the rain. Then he threw her in deep water where he kneeew she would drown Crying in the dreadful wind and rain. But she floated on down to the millers mill pond Oh the wind and the rain. The miller fished her out with his long fishing line Crying in the dreadful wind and rain. Well, the miller laid her out on the banks to dry Oh the wind and the rain. And a fiddling fool come a-passing by Crying in the dreadful wind and rain. He made fiddle pegs out of her long finger bones Oh the wind and the rain. And he made a fiddle bow out of her long yellow hair, Crying in the dreadful wind and rain. And he's made a little fiddle body of her breast bone Oh the wind and the rain. Whose sound would melt a heart of stone Crying in the dreadful wind and rain. But the only tune that fiddle could play Was, Oh, the wind and the rain The only tune that fiddle could play Was, Crying in the dreadful wind and rain. |
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25 Jun 20 - 07:28 PM (#4061402) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dreadful Wind and Rain From: GUEST,Gerry unclenort, upthread at 11 Oct 99 - 04:19 AM, posted the lyrics of the Grisman/Garcia recording of this song with I think only one serious correction needed: Fourth stanza, first line should be Floated 'til she came to a miller's pond When I say, "should be", I mean this is how it's given in the liner notes and also this is how Garcia sings it on the CD. |
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25 Jun 20 - 09:33 PM (#4061421) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dreadful Wind and Rain From: RunrigFan As sung by Julie Fowlis and Eddie Reader Bha dà phiuthar ann 's iad a' coiseachd sìos an t-sràid O an t-uisge is a' ghaoth Phut an tè bu shine an tè eile dhan an t-sruth Sìor chaoineadh, an t-uisge, is gaoir na gaoithe. There were two sisters came walking down the street Oh the wind and rain Older one pushed the younger one in Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain Oir thug Seonaidh dhan tè b' òige fàinne àlainn òir O an t-uisge is a' ghaoth Cha d' fhuair an tè eile aon sian dhe chuid Sior chaoineadh, an t-uisge is gaoir na gaoithe So she pushed her into the river to drown Oh the wind and rain Watched her as she floated down Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain Flodradh gus an d'ràinig i linne mhòr a' chasg O an t-uisge is a' ghaoth Athair, o athair, seall an eala air an t-snàmh Sìor chaoineadh, an t-uisge is gaoir na gaoithe Then out of the woods came a fiddler fair Oh the wind and rain He plucked 30 strands of her long yellow hair Cried oh the dreadful wind and rain Is rinn e bogha grinn dhen gaoisnear bàn Oh the wind and rain Then he made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair Sior chaoineadh, an t-uisge is gaoir na gaoithe Agus rinn e cnagan-fidhle dhe a corragan caola Oh the wind and rain And made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones Sior chaoineadh, an t-uisge is gaoir na gaoithe And he made a little fiddle of her own breast bone O an t-uisge is a' ghaoth Which sound would melt a heart of stone Sior chaoineadh, an t-uisge is gaoir na gaoithe Is an aona phort a thigeadh a-mach às an fhidheall O an t-uisge is a' ghaoth The only tune that the fiddle would play Was oh the dreadful wind and rain There were two sisters came walking down the street Oh the wind and rain Older one pushed the younger one in Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain 'Cos Johnny gave the youngest one a gay, gold ring Oh the wind and rain Didn’t give the other one anything Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain So she pushed her into the river to drown Oh the wind and rain Watched her as she floated down Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain She floated till she came to the miller's pond Oh the wind and rain Cried Father, oh Father there swims a swan Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain Thern out of the woods came a fiddler fair Oh the wind and rain He plucked 30 strands of her long yellow hair Cried oh the dreadful wind and rain Then he made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair Oh the wind and rain Made a fiddle bow of her long, yellow hair Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain And he made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones Oh the wind and rain And made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain And he made a little fiddle of her own breast bone Oh the wind and rain Which sound would melt a heart of stone Crying oh the dreadful wind and rain And 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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25 Jun 20 - 09:35 PM (#4061422) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dreadful Wind and Rain From: RunrigFan Any connection to Two Sisters |
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26 Jun 20 - 12:08 AM (#4061428) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dreadful Wind and Rain From: GUEST,Gerry RunrigFan, that *is* the Two Sisters ballad, at any rate it's one of the many versions of that ballad. |
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26 Jun 20 - 02:41 PM (#4061555) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dreadful Wind and Rain From: Richard Mellish Someone has to ask, now that a Gaelic version has been posted: is it traditional or a recent translation from English? |
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26 Jun 20 - 02:56 PM (#4061558) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dreadful Wind and Rain From: Reinhard According to the liner notes on Julie Fowlis' album Uam they've translated it from the original Irish American into Gaelic. |
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27 Jun 20 - 06:45 AM (#4061647) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dreadful Wind and Rain From: GUEST "Irish American"? Tradsinger |
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27 Jun 20 - 09:01 AM (#4061674) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dreadful Wind and Rain From: Reinhard Not my words, cited from the liner notes. |