Was two sisters loved one man,
Jelly flower jan;
The rose marie;
The jury hangs o’er
The rose marie.

He loved the youngest a little the best,
Jelly flower jan;
The rose marie;
The jury hangs o’er
The rose marie.

Them two sisters going down stream,
Jelly flower jan;
The rose marie;
The jury hangs o’er
The rose marie.

The oldest pushed the youngest in,
Jelly flower jan;
The rose marie;
The jury hangs o’er
The rose marie.

She made a fiddle out of her bones,
Jelly flower jan;
The rose marie;
The jury hangs o’er
The rose marie.

She made the screws out of her fingers,
Jelly flower jan;
The rose marie;
The jury hangs o’er
The rose marie.

She made the strings out of her hair,
Jelly flower jan;
The rose marie;
The jury hangs o’er
The rose marie.

The first string says, “Yonder sets my sister on a rock tying of a true-love’s knot.”
Jelly flower jan;
The rose marie;
The jury hangs o’er
The rose marie.

The next string says, “She pushed me in the deep so far.”
Jelly flower jan;
The rose marie;
The jury hangs o’er
The rose marie.

Sung by Mrs. Samuel Harmon, Cade’s Cove, Blount County, Tennessee, “The Two Sisters” (Child 10)