Chords:
{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
