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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads

Edited by Francis James Child.

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THE TWA SISTERS—U

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Communicated by Mr W. W. Newell, as repeated by an ignorant woman in her dotage, who learned it at Huntington, Long Island, N. Y.

1

There was a man lived in the mist,
Bow down, bow down
He loved his youngest daughter best.
The bow is bent to me,
So you be true to your own true love,
And I'll be true to thee.

2

These two sisters went out to swim;
The oldest pushed the youngest in.

3

First she sank and then she swam,
First she sank and then she swam.

4

The miller, with his rake and hook,
He caught her by the petticoat.
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