Nico Muhly - The Only Tune

There
there
there were
there were
there were two
there were two
there were two sis
there were two sis
there were two sisters
there were two sisters
there were two sisters wah
there were two sisters wah
there were two sisters walking
there were two sisters walking
there were two sisters walking down
there were two sisters walking down
there were two sisters walking down by
there were two sisters walking down by
there were two sisters walking down by a
there were two sisters walking down by a
there were two sisters walking down by a
there were two sisters walking down by a
there were two sisters walking down by a stream
There were two sisters walking down by a stream,
Oh, the wind and the rain!
Older one pushed the younger one in,
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain!
Pushed her in the river to drown,
Oh, the wind and the rain!
Watched her as she floated on down,
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain!
Floated on down to the old mill pond,
Oh, the wind and the rain!
Floated on down to the old mill pond,
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain!
Pushed her in the river to drown,
Oh, the wind and the rain!
Watched her as she floated on down,
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain!
The miller fished her out with his long, long hook,
Oh, the wind and the rain!
He brought this maid in from the brook,
Oh the dreadful wind and rain!
He laid her on the bank to dry,
Oh, the wind and the rain!
A fiddling fool came passing by,
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain!
He made a fiddle bow from her long yellow hair,
Oh, the wind and the rain!
He made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair,
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain!
He made fiddle pegs from her long finger bones,
Oh, the wind and the rain!
He made fiddle pegs from her long finger bones,
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain!
He made a fiddle bridge from her own nose bridge,
Oh, the wind and the rain!
He made a fiddle bridge from her own nose bridge,
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain!
and he made a fiddle from her own breast bone,
Oh, the wind and the rain!,
whose sound could melt a heart of stone,
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain!
and the only tune that fiddle could play
Oh, the wind and the rain!
the only tune that fiddle would play was,
“Oh, the dreadful wind and rain!”
(oh oh the oh the dread oh the dreadful oh the dreadful wind oh the dreadful wind and oh the dreadful wind and rain).