Traditional Child ballad reimagined by a 15-piece folk ensemble.

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LYRICS

There were two sisters of County Clare
One was dark and the other was fair
And they both had a love of the miller's son
But he was fond of the fairer one

Johnny gave the youngest a fine gold ring
Oh the wind and rain
He didn't give the eldest one anything
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 'till 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 out of the woods came a fiddler fair
Oh the wind and rain
And he strung his bow with her long yellow hair
Oh the dreadful wind and rain

He made a fiddle out of her breast bone
Oh the wind and rain
The sound would pierce a heart of stone
Oh the dreadful wind and rain
But the only tune the fiddle played
Was the wind and rain
The only tune that fiddler played
Was the dreadful wind and rain


THE BAND

Vocals - Ellie Gowers (https://elliegowersmusic.com/)
Fiddle - Seth Bye (https://filkinsmusic.com/)
Vln I - Sean Morrison (  / thorpeandmorrison  )
Vln II - Zinnia Smart
Vla - Emily Dore (  / sekinequartet  )
Vcl - Lucy Samuels (https://www.lucysamuels.net/)
Recorder - Michelle Holloway (https://bonfireradicals.com/)
Clarinet - Katie Stevens (https://bonfireradicals.com/)
Flugelhorn - Oli Parker (  / oliparker_music  )
Tenor Sax - Dan Newberry (  / dan_newberry1998  )
Bari Sax - Fraser Birchenhall (  / goodluckdragonmusic  )
Guitar - Chris Roberts (https://filkinsmusic.com/)
Guitar - Harry Thorpe (  / thorpeandmorrison  )
Bass Gtr - Dan Cippico (  / wildforms  )
Perc - Alex Henshaw (  / lowresalex  )

Audio recorded, mixed, and mastered by Sam Baldwin of Town Studios (https://townstudios.co.uk/)
Filmed by Abigail Barton (https://www.abigailbarton.co.uk/live-...)