X:196
T:Wind and Rain, The
T:Dreadful Wind and Rain, The
R:
song
D:Gillian Welch
D:Altan: Local Ground
Z:id:hn-song-196
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=60
K:D
E | E(E/D/) FE/D/ | DD (B,<A,) |
G>G (F/E/)(D/E/) | (E>D C2) |
E>E EF/A/ | A/A/(F/E/) (DF) |
E>F (E/D/)B, | DB, A, ||
P:Altan's melody
A, | A,C E/E/E | D>D (B,<A,) |
G>G (F/E/)D | E4 |
FF AA/B/ | A/A/(F/E/) D2 |
E>E DB, | DB, A,2 ||
W:There were two sisters of County Clare,
W:Oh, the wind and rain,
W:One was dark and the other was fair,
W:Oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
W:
W:And they both had a love of the miller's son,
W:Oh, the wind and rain,
W:But he was fond of the fairer one,
W:Oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
W:
W:So she pushed her into the river to drown,
W:Oh, the wind and rain,
W:And watched her as she floated down,
W:Oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
W:
W:And she floated till she came to the miller's pond,
W:Oh, the wind and the rain,
W:Dead on the water like a golden swan,
W:Oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
W:
W:And she came to rest on the riverside,
W:Oh, the wind and the rain,
W:And her bones were washed by the rolling tide,
W:Oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
W:
W:And along the road came a fiddler fair,
W:Oh, the wind and rain,
W:And found her bones just a lying there,
W:Crying, oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
W:
W:So he made a fiddle peg of her long finger bone,
W:Oh, the wind and the rain,
W:He a made a fiddle peg of her long finger bone,
W:Crying, oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
W:
W:And he strung his fiddle bow with her long yellow hair,
W:Oh, the wind and the rain,
W:He strung his fiddle bow with her long yeller hair,
W:Crying, oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
W:
W:And he made a little fiddle of her breast bone,
W:Oh, the wind and rain,
W:He made a little fiddle of her breast bone,
W:Crying, oh, the dreadful wind and rain.
W:
W:But the only tune that the fiddle would play was
W:Oh, the wind and rain,
W:The only tune that the fiddle would play was
W:Oh, the dreadful wind and rain.