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The Two Sisters |
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12 O what will we do with her hair so long ? We'll take it and we'll make harp strings.
13 O the farmer was hung by the gallows so high, And the sister was burned by the stake close by. |
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Sung by Mr. Wesley Batten at Mount Fair, Albermarle County, Va., Sept. 22, 1916 |
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2 There came a young man a-courting there, And he made the choice of the youngest there.
3 He made her a present of a beaver's hat, The oldest thought a heap of that.
4 O sister, O sister, just walk out
To see those vessels a-sailing about.
5 The oldest pushed the youngest in. She did struggle and she did swim.
6 O sister, O sister, give me your hand, And I will give you my house and land.
7 I will not give you my hand,
But I will marry that young man.
8 The miller picked up his drab hook, And then he fished her out of the brook.
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