Susan Graham Pepper - Two Sisters

9. Two Sisters
(trad. from Lee Monroe Presnell)

There were two sisters that loved one man…ginny flower, gentle rosemary
But the youngest of them he loved the best..and the jury hangs over the rosemary

Oh sister, sister walk with me…
Walk with me to the miller’s pond…

The eldest pushed the youngest in…
It was all for the sake that the water was clear…

Oh sister, sister reach me your hand…
And you may have half of the land…

Oh sister, sister I won’t reach my hand…
And I will have all of the land…

Oh sister, sister, reach me your glove…
And you may have sweet William for your own true love…

Oh sister, sister, I won’t reach my glove..
I will have sweet William for my own true love…

She floated down, she floated around…
She floated down to the miller’s pond…

Oh miller, miller, come and see…
Come and see what is floating by me…

Oh, it ‘tis not a fish, nor it ‘tis not a swan…
It is sweet William’s own true love…