作曲 : Conor O'Reilly/Méav [00:23]A mother lived by the North Sea shore [00:26]Daughters were the babes she bore [00:28]One grew radiant as the sun [00:30]Darkly grew the elder one [00:33]A knight came riding to their door [00:36]He travelled far to be their wooer [00:38]He courted both with gold and rings [00:40]But loved the younger o'er all things [00:47]"Sister, won't you walk with me“ [00:49]To watch the ships sail o'er the sea?" [00:53]As they walked the rocky shore [00:55]The dark one pushed her sister o'er [00:58]"Sister, sister, let me live“ [01:00]All that's mine I'll surely give" [01:02]"Thy bridegroom I will take and more“ [01:04]But thou shalt never come ashore" [01:16]Off she floated like a swan [01:18]The salt sea bore her body on [01:21]You could not see her lily feet [01:23]Her golden fringes were so deep [01:26]A minstrel walking by the strand [01:27]Saw her body float to land [01:31]When he looked that lady on [01:33]He sighed and made a heavy moan [01:53]He made a harp of her breastbone [01:56]Whose sound would melt a heart of stone [01:59]Took the strands of her bright hair [02:01]And with them strung his harp so rare [02:13]He brought the harp to the wedding hall [02:16]There to play before them all [02:18]When they set it on a stone [02:20]The harp began to play alone [02:41]The strings sang out a dreadful sound [02:44]"The bride her younger sister drowned“ [02:46]Now her secret you all know [02:49]Her guilty tears will surely flow"
[00:00.000] 作曲 : Conor O'Reilly/Méav [00:23]A mother lived by the North Sea shore [00:26]Daughters were the babes she bore [00:28]One grew radiant as the sun [00:30]Darkly grew the elder one [00:33]A knight came riding to their door [00:36]He travelled far to be their wooer [00:38]He courted both with gold and rings [00:40]But loved the younger o'er all things [00:47]"Sister, won't you walk with me“ [00:49]To watch the ships sail o'er the sea?" [00:53]As they walked the rocky shore [00:55]The dark one pushed her sister o'er [00:58]"Sister, sister, let me live“ [01:00]All that's mine I'll surely give" [01:02]"Thy bridegroom I will take and more“ [01:04]But thou shalt never come ashore" [01:16]Off she floated like a swan [01:18]The salt sea bore her body on [01:21]You could not see her lily feet [01:23]Her golden fringes were so deep [01:26]A minstrel walking by the strand [01:27]Saw her body float to land [01:31]When he looked that lady on [01:33]He sighed and made a heavy moan [01:53]He made a harp of her breastbone [01:56]Whose sound would melt a heart of stone [01:59]Took the strands of her bright hair [02:01]And with them strung his harp so rare [02:13]He brought the harp to the wedding hall [02:16]There to play before them all [02:18]When they set it on a stone [02:20]The harp began to play alone [02:41]The strings sang out a dreadful sound [02:44]"The bride her younger sister drowned“ [02:46]Now her secret you all know [02:49]Her guilty tears will surely flow"
