The Cruel Sister(Chords)

	        
Verse 1:
       Bm                  A 
There lived a lady by the North Sea shore 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
       Bm               A 
Two daughters were the babes she bore 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da 

Verse 2:
   Bm              A 
As one grew bright as is the sun 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
    Bm                 A 
So coal black grew the elder one 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da
 

Verse 3:
    Bm                      A 
A knight came riding to the lady's door 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
      Bm              A 
He'd travelled far to be their wooer 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da 

Verse 4:
    Bm               A 
He courted one with gloves and rings 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
       Bm               A 
But he loved the other above all things 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da 

Verse 5:
 
     Bm              A 
'Oh sister, will you go with me' 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
     Bm                  A 
'To watch the ships sail on the sea?' 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da
 

 
Verse 6:
     Bm             A 
She took her sister by the hand 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
    Bm                   A 
And led her down to the North Sea strand 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da 

Verse 7:
    Bm                    A 
And as they stood on the windy shore 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
     Bm                  A 
The dark girl threw her sister o'er 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da 

Verse 8:
     Bm                  A 
Sometimes she sank, sometimes she swam 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
          Bm              A 
Crying, 'Sister, reach to me your hand!' 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da 

Verse 9:
     Bm              A 
'Oh sister, sister, let me live' 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
     Bm                    A 
'And all that's mine I'll surely give' 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da 

Verse 10:
      Bm                       A 
'Your own true love that I'll have and more' 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
      Bm               A 
'But thou shalt never come ashore' 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da 

 
     Bm                A 
And there she floated like a swan 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
     Bm               A 
The salt sea bore her body on 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da 


     Bm                A 
Two minstrels walked along the strand 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
    Bm               A 
And saw the maiden float to land 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da 


      Bm             A 
They made a harp of her breastbone 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
       Bm                 A 
Whose sound would melt a heart of stone 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da 


      Bm                      A 
They took three locks of her golden hair 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
     Bm                 A 
And with them strung a harp so rare 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da 


      Bm            A 
They went into her father's hall 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
    Bm              A 
To play the harp before them all 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da 

 
    Bm              A 
But as they laid it on a stone 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
    Bm             A 
The harp began to play alone 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da 

 
     Bm                  A 
The first string sang a doleful sound 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
       Bm               A 
'The bride her younger sister drowned' 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da 


    Bm            A 
The second string as they tried 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
     Bm               A 
'In terror sits the black-haired bride' 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da 

 
     Bm                  A 
The third string sang beneath their bow 
        D                   Bm 
Lay the bent to the bonnie broom 
     Bm              A 
'And surely now her tears will flow' 
G                                Bm 
Fa, la-da-dum, da, da-dum, da-da-da