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This is a song I learnt from the singing of Clannad from the album Dúlamán.

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There were two sisters side by side,
Sing aye dumb, sing aye day
There were two sisters side by side
The boys are born for me
There were two sisters side by side
The eldest for young johnny cried
I'll be true for my love
If he'll be true to me

Johnny bought the youngest a gay gold ring,
He never bought the eldest a single thing

Johnny bought the youngest a beaver hat,
The eldest never thought much of that

As they were walking by the foamy brim,
The eldest pushed the youngest in

Sister, oh sister give me thy hand,
And you can have johnny and all his land

Sister I won't give you my hand,
And I'll have johnny and all his land

Away she sank and away she swam,
Until she came to the miller's dam

The Miller took away her gay gold ring,
And then he pushed her in again

The Miller he was hanged on the mountain head,
The eldest sister was boiled in lead

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from Cos​á​n Ceoil, released April 15, 2022
Cathal Ó Curráin - Vocal & Bouzouki
Marty Barry – Guitar
Felix Morgenstern - Bodhrán

Recorded in Stiúideo na Mara by Manus Lunny
Percussion recorded in Land's End Studio, Germany by Robert Ballhause

Mastered by Paul McGeehan

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Cathal Ó Curráin Donegal, Ireland

Cathal is a multi-instrumentalist from Gaoth Dobhair, Donegal, who specialises in Irish Traditional and Folk Music on fiddle, banjo, bouzouki and song.
Hailing from a family that are best known for their singing Cathal learned his songs from his aunties Caitlín and Bríd Joe Jack.
His most recent work features on albums with The High Seas, The Conifers, The Friel Sisters and Aoife Scott.
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