Old Blind Dogs - The cruel sister
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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
Em G A B7
Em G A B7 Em
[Verse]
There lived a lady by the North Sea Dshore
Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom
Twa daughters were the bairns she Dbore
CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
One was as bright as is the Dsun
Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom
Sae coal black grew the elder Done
CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
A knight came riding to the ladies' Ddoor
Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom
He travelled far to be their Dwooer
CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
He courted one, aye, with gloves and Drings
Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom
But he loved the other above all Dthings
CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Instrumental]
Em G A B7 Em
[Verse]
"Sister, sister won't you walk with Dme
Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom
An' see the ships sail upon Dsea?"
CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
And as they stood on that windy Dshore
Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom
The elder sister pushed her younger Do'er
CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
Sometimes she sank or sometimes she Dswam
Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom
Crying, "Sister, reach to me your Dhand"
CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
And there she floated just like a Dswan
Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom
The salt sea carried her body Don
CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Instrumental]
Em G A B7
Em G A B7 Em
[Verse]
Two minstrels walking by the north sea Dstrand
Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom
They saw the maiden, aye, float to Dland
CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
They made a harp out of her breast Dbone
Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom
The sound of which would melt a heart of Dstone
CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
They took three locks of her yellow Dhair
Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom
And wi' them strung that harp so Drare
CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Instrumental]
Em G A B7 x3
Em G A B7 Em
[Verse]
The first string that those minstrels Dtried
Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom
Then terror seized the black-haired Dbride
CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
The second string played a doleful Dsound
Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom
"The younger sister, oh, she is Ddrowned"
CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
The third string, it played beneath their Dbow
Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom
"And surely now her tears will Dflow"
CFa la la la la la la la la Emla