My family has a small cabin tucked away within the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The place has been a happy place for many generations of our family where we could vacation or just get away from society. The fireplaces reads upon its face "Thine be Ilka Joy and Treasure, Peace, Enjoyment, Love, and Pleasure.". This sacred place almost burned down in the caldor fire in 2021, this song is what gave us hope, this song saved us.
So sorry for the loss brought by the fire. This special place must be so precious to your family, and what fitting words upon the fireplace. Best wishes, Robyn
@RyanMacKenzieMusic is it at all possible to aquire the sheet music for the piano arrangement you played here? Beautiful performance, by all three musicians.
I thought that Karen Matheson had this one nailed.....until I heard this. An absolutely stunning rendition of one of the most poignant yet beautiful songs ever written
Two Sisters Lyrics There were two sisters side by side Sing I-dum, sing I-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 unto my love if he'll be true to me Johnny bought the youngest a gay-gold ring Sing I-dum, sing I-day Johnny bought the youngest a gay-gold ring The boys are born for me Johnny bought the youngest a gay-gold ring He never bought the eldest a single thing I'll be true unto my love if he'll be true to me Johnny bought the youngest a beaver hat Sing I-dum, sing I-day Johnny bought the youngest a beaver hat The boys are born for me Johnny bought the youngest a beaver hat The eldest never thought much of that I'll be true unto my love if he'll be true to me As they were a-walking by the foamy brim Sing I-dum, sing I-day As they were a-walking by the foamy brim The boys are born for me As they were a-walking by the foamy brim The eldest pushed the youngest in I'll be true unto my love if he'll be true to me Sister, oh sister, give me thy hand Sing I-dum, sing I-day Sister, oh sister, give me thy hand The boys are born for me Sister I'll not give you my hand And I'll have Johnny and all his land I'll be true unto my love if he'll be true to me Oh sister, I'll not give you my hand Sing I-dum, sing I-day Oh sister, I'll not give you my hand The boys are born for me Oh sister, I'll not give you my hand And I'll have Johnny and all his land I'll be true unto my love if he'll be true to me So away she sank and away she swam Sing I-dum, sing I-day So away she sank and away she swam The boys are born for me So away she sank and away she swam Until she came to the miller's dam I'll be true unto my love if he'll be true to me The miller, he took her gay-gold ring Sing I-dum, sing I-day The miller, he took her gay-gold ring The boys are born for me The miller, he took her gay-gold ring And then he pushed her in again I'll be true unto my love if he'll be true to me The miller, he was hanged on the mountain head Sing I-dum, sing I-day The miller, he was hanged on the mountain head The boys are born for me The miller, he was hanged on the mountain head The eldest sister was boiled in lead I'll be true unto my love if he'll be true to me
I don't know if you can see the changes that have come over me In these last few days I've been afraid that I might drift away So I've been telling old stories, singing songs that make me think about where I came from And that's the reason why I seem so far away today Chorus: But let me tell you that I love you, that I think about you all the time Caledonia you're calling me and now I'm going home But if I should become a stranger you know that it would make me more than sad Caledonia's been everything I've ever had I have moved and I've kept on moving, proved the points that I needed proving Lost the friends that I needed losing, found others on the way I have kissed the ladies and left them crying, stolen dreams, yes there's no denying I have traveled hard, sometimes with conscience flying somewhere with the wind chorus Now I'm sitting here before the fire, the empty room, the forest choir The flames that couldn't get any higher, well they've withered, now they've gone But I'm steady thinking, my way is clear and I know what I will do tomorrow When the hands have shaken and the kisses flow, well I will disappear chorus
Roch the wind in the clear day’s dawin Blaws the cloods heelster-gowdie ow’r the bay, But there’s mair nor a roch wind blawin Through the great glen o’ the warld the day. It’s a thocht that will gar oor rottans - A’ they rogues that gang gallus, fresh and gay - Tak the road, and seek ither loanins For their ill ploys, tae sport and play Nae mair will the bonnie callants Mairch tae war when oor braggarts crousely craw, Nor wee weans frae pit-heid and clachan Mourn the ships sailin’ doon the Broomielaw. Broken faimlies in lands we’ve herriet, Will curse Scotland the Brave nae mair, nae mair; Black and white, ane til ither mairriet, Mak the vile barracks o’ their maisters bare. So come all ye at hame wi’ Freedom, Never heed whit the hoodies croak for doom. In your hoose a’ the bairns o’ Adam Can find breid, barley-bree and painted room. When MacLean meets wi’s freens in Springburn A’ the roses and geans will turn tae bloom, And a black boy frae yont Nyanga Dings the fell gallows o’ the burghers doon.
Ae fond kiss, and then we sever; Ae fareweel, and then forever! Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee, Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee. Who shall say that Fortune grieves him, While the star of hope she leaves him? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me; Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy; But to see her was to love her; Love but her, and love forever. Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met-or never parted- We had ne'er been broken-hearted. Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest! Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest! Thine be ilka joy and treasure, Peace. enjoyment, love, and pleasure! Ae fond kiss, and then we sever; Ae fareweel, alas, forever! Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee, Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee!
