html.skin-theme-clientpref-night @media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os }There were two Sisters they went a playing,
With a hie downe, downe, a downe-a-
To see their fathers ships come sayling in
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And when they came unto the sea-brym,
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The elder did push the younger in;
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O Sister, O Sister,rake me by the gowne,
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And drawe me up upon the dry ground.
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O Sister, O Sister, that may not bee,
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Till salt and oatmeale grow both of a tree;
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Somtymes she sanke, Somtymes she swam,
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Untill she came unto the mil-dam;
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The miller runne hastily downe the cliffe,
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And up he betook her withouten her life,
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What did he doe with her brest bone?
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He made him a viall to play thereupon,
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What did he doe with her fingers so small?
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He made him peggs to his Violl withall;
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What did he doe with her nose-ridge?
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Unto his Violl he made him a bridge,
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What did he do with her Veynes so blewe?
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He made him strings to his Viole thereto;
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What did he doe with her eyes so bright?
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Upon his Violl he playd at first sight;
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What did he doe with her tongue soe rough?
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Unto the violl it spake enough;
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What did he doe with her two shinnes?
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Unto the violl they danc’t Moll Syms;
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Then bespake the treble string,
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O yonder is my father the King;
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Then bespake the second string,
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O yonder sitts my mother the Queen:
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And then bespake the stinges all three,
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O yonder is my sister that drowned mee.
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Now pay the miller for his payne,
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And let him bee gone in the divels name.
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