Beltaine - Cruel sister

There lived a lady by the North Sea shore
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom
Two daughters were the babes she bore
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One was as bright as in the sun
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom
So coal black grew the elder one
Fa la la la la la la la la la

A knight came riding to the lady's door
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom
He'd traveled far to be their wooer
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He courted one ….with gloves and rings
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom
But he loved the other above all things
Fa la la la la la la la la la

Sister, sister want you walk with me?
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom
To see the ships sail up on sea?
Fa la la la la la la la la la


And as they stood on that windy shore
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom
The elder sister pushed the another over
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Fa la la la la la la la la la


Sometimes she sank, or sometimes she swam
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom
Crying, "Sister, reach to me your hand"
Fa la la la la la la la la la

And there she floated just like a swan
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom
The salt sea carried her body on
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Fa la la la la la la la la la

Two minstrels walking by the North Sea strand
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom
They saw the maiden are float to land
Fa la la la la la la la la la

They made a harp out of her breastbone
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom
Whose sound they reach would melt a heart of stone
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Fa la la la la la la la la la