| There were two sisters came walkin' down the stream |
| Oh the wind and rain |
| Older one pushed the youngest one in |
| Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain |
| Coz Johnny gave the youngest a gay gold ring |
| Oh the wind and rain |
| Didn’t give the oldest one anything |
| Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain |
| So she pushed her into the river to drown |
| Oh the wind and rain |
| Watched her as she floated down |
| Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain |
| She floated 'till she came to the miller’s pond |
| Oh the wind and rain |
| Cried father o father there swims a swan |
| Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain |
| Then out of the woods came a fidder fair |
| Oh the wind and rain |
| He plucked thirty strands of her long yellow hair |
| Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain |
| And he made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair |
| Oh the wind and rain |
| Made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair |
| Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain |
| And he made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones |
| Oh the wind and rain |
| He made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones |
| Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain |
| And he made a little fiddle of her own breast bone |
| Oh the wind and rain |
| The sound could melt a heart of stone |
| Cryin' oh the dreadful wind and rain |
| And the only tune that the fiddle would play |
| Was oh the wind and rain |
| Only tune that the fiddle would play |
| Was oh the dreadful wind and rain |