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{t: Cruel Sister} {key: Em} {artist:Pentangle} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd-Rbia4SSU Gm so capo 3 {c: } There lived a lady by the North Sea [G] shore Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom Twa daughters [Am] were the bairns she [G] bore [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la One was as bright as is the [G] sun Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom Sae coal black [Am] grew the elder [G] one [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la A knight came riding to the ladies' [G] door Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom He travelled [Am] far to be their [G] wooer [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la He courted one, aye, with gloves and [G] rings Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom But he loved the [Am] other above all [G] things [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la {sos} There lived a lady by the North Sea [G] shore Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom Twa daughters [Am] were the bairns she [G] bore [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la {eos} "Sister, sister will you go with [G] me Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom An' see the [Am] ships sail on the [G] sea?" [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la She took her sister by the [G] hand Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom And led her [Am] down to the North Sea [G] strand. [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la And as they stood on that windy [G] shore Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom The dark girl [Am] threw her sister [G] o'er [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la Sometimes she sank, sometimes she [G] swam Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom Crying, "Sister, [Am] reach to me your [G] hand" [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la "Oh Sister, Sister, let me [G] live, Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom And all that's [Am] mine I'll surely [G] give." [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la "(It's) your own true love that I'll have and [G] more, Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom But thou shalt [Am] never come a-[G] shore." [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la And there she floated just like a [G] swan Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom The salt sea [Am] bore her body [G] on [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la {sos} And there she floated just like a [G] swan Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom The salt sea [Am] bore her body [G] on [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la {eos} Two minstrels walked along the [G] strand Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom And saw the [Am] maiden, float to [G] land [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la They made a harp of her breast [G] bone Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom Whose sound would [Am] melt a heart of [G] stone [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la They took three locks of her yellow [G] hair Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom And wi' them [Am] strung that harp so [G] rare [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la {sos} And there she floated just like a [G] swan Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom The salt sea [Am] bore her body [G] on [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la {eos} They went into her father's [G] hall Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom To play the [Am] harp before them [G] all, [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la But when they laid it on a [G] stone Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom The harp beg[Am] an to play alone.[G] The first string sang a doleful sound Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie broom "The bride her [Am] younger sister [G] drowned" [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la The second string as that they [G] tried Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom In terror [Am] sits the black-haired [G] bride [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la The third string sang beneath their [G] bow Lay the [Am] bairn to the bonnie [Em] broom "And surely [Am] now her tears will [G] flow" [Am] Fa la la [G] la la la la [Am] la la la