The Two Sisters- Shope (KY) 1965 Sweeney
[From Margaret Sweeney: Kentucky Folklore Record 11:2 (1965) pp.18-20, as sung by Mrs. Ernest Shope, Kentucky. Text incomplete.
R. Matteson 2014]
The Two Sisters- as sung by Mrs. Ernest Shope, Kentucky
There was an old lady lived on the sea shore,
Bow down
There was an old lady lived on the sea shore,
Bow your vence to me, [1]
There was an old lady lived on the sea shore,
She had two daughters and no more.
I'll be true to my lover, if my lover be true to me.
The youngest she did have a beau,
Bow down
The youngest she did have a beau,
Bow your vence to me,
The youngest she did have a beau,
The oldest one she didn't have none, Bow down.
I'll be true to my lover, if my lover be true to me.
Sister, dear sister let's walk to sea shore
Bow down
Sister, dear sister let's walk to sea shore
Bow your vence to me,
Sister, dear sister let's walk to sea shore
To see them ships come sailing o'er, Bow down.
I'll be true to my lover, if my lover be true to me.
Sister, dear sister, just lend me your hand
Bow down,
Sister, dear sister, just lend me your hand,
Bow your vence to me,
Sister, dear sister, just lend me your hand,
All you want is some fair man, bow down.
I'll be true to my lover, if my lover be true to me.
She showed her breast and a way she swum,
Bow down.
She showed her breast and a way she swum,
Bow your vence to me,
She showed her breast and a way she swum,
She swum till she came to the miller's mill pond, Bow down,
I'll be true to my lover, if my lover be true to me.
. . .
She swum until she came to her fair father's home,
I'll be true to my lover, if my lover be true to me.
The miller is hanging at his own mill gate,
Bow down.
The miller is hanging at his own mill gate,
Bow your vence to me,
The miller is hanging at his own mill gate,
Just for the drowning of my own Sister Kate, Bow down.
I'll be true to my lover, if my lover be true to me.
1. Bow your balance to me