the jealous sister

from eleven letters from a window by Mitchell Snow

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lyrics

the jealous sister

I
Sister, dear sister
Come talk with me
In the sun withered willow of dawn

Our Mother is ill
In sleep lay she
Dear Father has risen and gone

You’ve the spun golden mane of our mother -
Flawless pure skin of milk-white
While, I’ve the squared hands of our brother
And my hair a dark, quarrelsome night

II
Sister, sweet sister
Come walk with me
Take my warm, loving hand

I’ll wind us through
The twisted trees
That twine their way down to the strand

My warm, trusted hand’s here to guide you
O’er stone, through nettle and thorn
Though boughs in the wind bend beside you
You are safe in the cradle of morn’

III
Oh sister, my sister
Let’s rest us here
On the banks where the swift river flows

We’ll cool our heels
My sister dear
In the rushing black waters below

My fool, tired hands cannot fetch you
As you sink and you swim and you sink
How clumsy of I to not catch you
Now you’re swallowed in whole by the drink

End
Sister, poor sister
Lord keep you then
Forever with Mother reside

My steady sure hands
Can stitch and mend
The cloth to keep Father’s eyes dried
A cloth to keep Father’s eyes dried
A cloth to keep Father’s eyes dried

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from eleven letters from a window, released April 25, 2021
M. Snow: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, vox
D. Davis: tambourine
Darcy Logic: shakers

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Mitchell Snow Toronto, Ontario

Singer/ songwriter from Mocksville (and Winston-Salem) North Carolina, currently living in Toronto Canada

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