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Two Sisters (Bonnie Broom) 
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Two Sisters (Bonnie Broom) 
There was a lady lived in York Lay the bend tae the bonnie broom Two daughters were the babes she bore Fa la la la la la la la la la 
As one grew bright as is the sun, Lay... So darker grew the elder one, fa la... 
A knight came riding to the lady's door he traveled far to be the wooer 
He courted one with gloves and rings But he loved the younger above all things 
Sister will you go with me To watch the ships all on the sea 
She took her sister by the hand And led her down to the North Sea strand 
Long they stood on the windy shore The Darker threw her sister o'er 
Sometimes she sank, sometimes she swam Crying, Sister, reach to me your hand 
O Sister, Sister, let me live And all that's mine I'll surely give 
It's your own true love that I'll have and more But thou shalt never come ashore 
And there she floated like a swan The salt sea bore her body on 
Some minstrels walked along the strand And saw the maiden float close to them 
They made a harp of her breastbone 
Whose sound would melt a heart of stone 
They took strands of her yellow hair And with it strung their harp so fair 
They went into her father's hall To play the harp before them all 
But as they laid it on a stone The harp began to play alone 
The first string sang a doleful sound The brighter, younger sister drownded 
The second string did then reply In terror sits the black-haired bride 
The first string sang beneath the bow And surely now the tears would flow 
Child #10 sung by Frankie Armstrong on Lovely on Water
 and by the Golden Ring
 Other versions tend to have similar verses; different
 tunes and choruses.