The Wind and Rain- Red Clay Ramblers 1981
[From Red Clay Rambler's Hard Times album; 1981. This version is not traditional but is derived from Kilby Snow's version and subsequent covers. It's included because it's a recent version by an established group- eventually I'll add MP3.
R. Matteson 2011]
WIND AND RAIN- Red Clay Rambler's Hard Times album; 1981 release; Clay Buckner fiddles with Jack Herrick, Jim Watson, Mike Craver, Tommy Thompson.
Two lovin' sisters went a-walkin side by side
Oh, the wind and rain.
The one throwed the other in the water so wide,
And she cried the dreadful wind and rain.
She floated on down to the miller's millpond
Oh, the wind and rain.
Yes, she floated on down to the miller's millpond
And she cried the dreadful wind and rain.
The miller fished her out with his long hook and line...
He made fiddle strings of her long curly hair...
He made fiddle screws of her little finger bones...
But the only tune that fiddle would play was
Oh the wind and rain
Yes the only tune that fiddle would play was
Oh the dreadful wind and rain.