Wind and Rain Appalachian traditional song
There are many versions of this murder ballad in traditional American music, under different names such as "The Cruel Sister" or "The Two Sisters." Æ's harmony is based on Gillian Welch's recording (with David Rawlings and David Steele.)
There were two sisters from County Clare
Oh the wind and the rain
One was dark and the other was fair
Oh the dreadful wind and rain

And they both had a love of the miller's son
Oh the wind and rain
But he was fond of the fairer one
Oh the dreadful wind and rain

So she pushed her into the river to drown
Oh the wind and rain
And watched her as she floated down
Oh the dreadful wind and rain

She floated 'til she came to the miller's pond
Oh the wind and rain
Dead on the water like a golden swan
Oh the dreadful wind and rain

Then she came to rest on the banks to dry
Oh the wind and the rain
Her bones was washed by the rollin' tide
Oh the dreadful wind and rain
'Til along the road came a fiddler fair
Oh the wind and rain
He found her bones just a lyin' there
Oh the dreadful wind and rain

He made a fiddle fiddle of her breast bone
Oh the wind and rain
He made a fiddle fiddle of her breast bone
Oh the dreadful wind and rain

And he made a fiddle peg of her
long finger bone
Oh the wind and rain
He made a finger peg of her
long finger bone
Oh the wind and rain

And he strung his fiddle bow with her
long yeller hair
Oh the wind and rain
He strung his fiddle bow with her
long yeller hair
Oh the dreadful wind and rain

But the only tune that the fiddle
would play
Was "Oh the wind and the rain"
The only tune that the fiddle
would play
Was "Oh the dreadful wind and rain".