Sister- Pritchard (NC) 1924 Chappell
[My title. Fragment from Chappell's 1939 book, Folk Songs of Roanoke and the Abemerle.
R. Matteson 2014]
[Sister] The Two Sisters, Sung by Henry Pritchard, Weeksville, NC; 1924.
Sister, O sister, come let's go swim,
The bough was bent to me,
And I'll be true to my lover,
And my lover'll be true to me.
The old one pushed the young one in,
The bough was bent to me,
And I'll be true to my lover,
And my lover'll be true to me.
The o1d miller makes him a hook,
The bough was bent to me,
And I'll be true to my lover,
And my lover'll be true to me.
He hooks the lady out of the brook,
The bough was bent to me,
And I'll be true to my lover,
And my lover'll be true to me.