Two lovely sisters were a-walking side by side. Oh the wind and rain. One pushed the other into the water so deep, and she cried a dreadful wind and rain.

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She floated on down to the miller's mill pond. Oh the wind and rain. She floated on down to the miller's mill pond, and she cried a dreadful wind and rain.

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He hooked her out by the tail of her gown. Oh the wind and rain. He hooked her out by the tail of her gown, and she cried a dreadful wind and rain.

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He made fiddle strings of her long black hair. Oh the wind and rain. He made fiddle strings of her long black hair, and she cried a dreadful wind and rain.

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He made fiddle screws of her long finger bones. Oh the wind and rain. He made fiddle screws of her long finger bones, and she cried a dreadful wind and rain.

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The only tune the fiddle would play was "Oh the wind and rain". The only tune the fiddle would play was "Oh the wind and rain", and she cried a dreadful wind and rain.