The Two Sisters- Manoloff (IL) 1932 Vincent
[From Vincent, p. 32, arranged by Nick Manoloff, Bronson 95. This version should not be considered traditional. Manoloff was a guitarist and arranger for M.M. Cole, out of Chicago Illinois in the early 1930s and arranged the music for Gene Autry's movie, "Red River Valley." It features a yodel, in the style of Jimmie Rodgers and Gene Autry.
R. Matteson 2014]
95. "The Two Sisters"
Vincent, 1932, p. 22. Arranged by "Nick" Manoloff.
There was a man lived in the west,
Bow down, bow down,
He loved his youngest daughter best,
Bow down to me
One day he gave her a beaver hat
Her older sister she didn't like that
Prove true, prove true, my love prove true to me.
O de yodel layee O layee O layee
As they were walking on the green,
Bow down, bow down
To see their father's ship come in.
Bow down to me
As they were walking upon the wharf
Her older sister she pushed her right off
Prove true, prove true, my love prove true to me.
O de yodel layee O layee O layee
"Oh sister dear give me your hand,
Bow down, bow down,
And you shall have my house and land,"
Bow down to me
Her sister said, "You'll not have my hand
But I will have both your house and your land."
Prove true, prove true, my love prove true to me.
O de yodel layee O layee O layee
Sometimes she sank, sometimes she swam,
Bow down, bow down
Until she reached a miller's dam,
Bow down to me.
The miller put in a long iron hook
And fished her out by her silk petticoat
Prove true, prove true, my love prove true to me.
He stripped her off from toe to chin,
Bow down, bow down
And then he threw her in again,
Bow down to me
Sometimes she sank and sometimes she swam,
Until she reached her own home once again
Prove true, prove true, my love prove true to me.
O de yodel layee O layee O layee
They hanged her sister for her sake,
Bow down, bow down,
Because her life she sought to take,
Bow down to me
They hanged her sister all for her sake,
The horrid miller they burned at the stake
Prove true, prove true, my love prove true to me.
O de yodel layee O layee O layee