Celtic Woman, Meav- The Wicked Sister

Lyrics:
A mother lived by the North Sea shore
Daughters were the babes she bore
One grew radiant as the sun
Darkly grew the elder one

A knight came riding to their door
He travelled far to be their wooer
He courted both with gold and rings
But loved the younger o'er all things

"Sister, won't you walk with me
To watch the ships sail o'er the sea?"
As they walked the rocky shore
The dark one pushed her sister o'er

"Sister, sister, let me live
All that's mine I'll surely give"
"Thy bridegroom I will take and more
But thou shalt never come ashore"

Off she floated like a swan
The salt sea bore her body on
You could not see her lily feet
Her golden fringes were so deep

A minstrel walking by the strand
Saw her body float to land
When he looked that lady on
He sighed and made a heavy moan

He made a harp of her breastbone
Whose sound would melt a heart of stone
Took the strands of her bright hair
And with them strung his harp so rare

He brought the harp to the wedding hall
There to play before them all
When they set it on a stone
The harp began to play alone

The strings sang out a dreadful sound
"The bride her younger sister drowned
Now her secret you all know
Her guilty tears will surely flow"

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Celtic
• Woman
• Meav
• Chloe
• Lisa
• Orla
• Ireland
• The
• Wicked
• Sister

[ShaiLethe]

Love this version of the story. There's so many variations, but this is the most upbeat I've heard yet. Also, am I the only one that thinks that instead of drowning one sister, they should've tossed the two-timing cad out on the curb?

[CelticMusings]

@ShaiLethe

Haha! Yes! Why doesn't that ever happen?? Oh, poor archaic views of love! >_< Thanks for the comment! :D

[mammamia145]

did the elder 1 die

[CelticMusings]

no, the younger one was killed by her eldest. :D

[mahogonywhisper]

does she write her songs?

[CelticMusings]

Yes, as far as I know (when her music isn't produced by Celtic Woman which the albums "Silver Sea" and "Meav" were not) she writes or at least arranges the music for her songs. Some like "The Wicked Sister" are traditional and the lyrics are already there although she probably adapts them a bit as well. :D

[VampireWytch]

I love this song xD Like Loreena McKennitt's The Bonny Swans

[starbug1409]

I love Meav's voice. :D

[recordsare]

beautiful....blessings.... 

[MsRibbonsandPearls]

Oh Lord her voice is sooo beautiful.



[Destructivedoshi]

I miss Celtic Woman. :( *starts to cry*

[animegal30350]

@ShaiLethe AMEN!!!

[crystalys420]

EPIC....THAT'S ALL NEEDS 2 BE SAID!!!!!!!!!

[maksphoto78]

Voice of an angel.

[Terephiel]

@Mammamia: She does, but it depends on the version. Some have Anne (the older sister) actually being killed by William (the knight/miller's son) himself. He seemingly has had it out for both of the sisters, but he ends up being executed as a result.

Others have another stanza added after Isabel (the younger sister) reveals Anne's crime, in which Anne herself is executed (usually by burning at the stake).