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Two little sisters living in a bower
Oleanda yolling
The youngest was the fairest flower
Down by the waters rolling
A Noble knight came riding by
Oleanda yolling
The two little sisters caught his eye
Down by the waters rolling
He courted the eldest with diamonds and rings
Oleanda yolling
But the youngest he loved above all things
Down by the waters rolling
Sister sister come down to the broom
Oleanda yolling
And we’ll hear the black birds changing their tune
Down by the waters rolling
So she took her sister by the hand
Oleanda yolling
And led her down to the river strand
Down by the waters rolling
And when they came to the rivers brim
Oleanda yolling
The eldest pushed her sister in
Sister sister reach me your hand
Oleanda yolling
And you’ll be the heir to my riches and land
Down by the waters rolling
Oh sister sister that will never be
Oleanda yolling
Till salt and oatmeal grow both of a tree
Down by the waters rolling
Oh sister sister reach me but your glove
Oleanda yolling
And you shall have my own true love
Down by the waters rolling
It's your one true lover having more
Oleanda yolling
But you shall never come to show
For your cherry cheeks and your long yellow hair
Oleanda yolling
Made me a maiden for evermore
Sometimes she sank sometimes she swam
Oleanda yolling
Until she came to the millers dam
By the waters rolling
The Miller and his daughter stood at the door
Oleanda yolling
And watched her body floating to shore
Down by the waters rolling
Oh father father draw your dam
Oleanda yolling
For there’s either a mermaid or a swan
Down by the waters rolling
The miller he dragged her out on to the shore
Oleanda yolling
And he stripped her of all she wore
Down in the waters rolling
He laid her body on the bank to dry
Oleanda yolling
A minstrel he came riding by
Down by the waters rolling
And he made a harp out of her breast-bone
Oleanda yolling
Whose sound could melt a heart of stone
He took three looks from her long yellow hair
Oleanda yolling
With them strung the harp so rare
Down by the waters rolling
And he took the harp to the kings high hall
Oleanda yolling
There was the court assembled all
Down by the waters rolling
And he laid the harp there upon a stone
Oleanda yolling
The harp began to play alone
But the only tune the harp would play was
Oleanda yolling
The only tune that the harp would play
Down by the waters rolling
It sang ‘yonder sits my love the king
How he’ll weep at my burying
By the waters rolling
Yonder sits my sister the queen
Oleanda yolling
She drowned me in the cold cold stream
Down in the waters rolling
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