There were two sisters of County Claire

Oh the wind and the rain

One was dark and the other was fair

Oh the dreadful wind and rain

And they both had a love of the miller’s son

Oh the wind and the rain

But he was fond of the fairer one

Oh the dreadful wind and rain

 

So she pushed her sister into the river to drown

Oh the wind and the rain

And watched her has as she floated down

Oh the dreadful wind and rain

 

And she floated till she came to the miller’s pond

Oh the wind and the rain

Dead on the water like a golden swan

Oh the dreadful wind and rain

 

And she came to rest by the water side

Oh the wind and the rain

And her bones were washed by the rolling tide

Oh the dreadful wind and rain

 

And along the road came a fiddler fair

Oh the wind and the rain

And found her bones just a-lying there

Cried oh the dreadful wind and rain

So he made a fiddle peg of her long finger bone

Oh the wind and the rain

He made a fiddle peg of her long finger bone

Cried oh the dreadful wind and rain

And he strung his fiddle bow with her long yellow hair

Oh the wind and the rain

He strung his fiddle bow with her long yellow hair

Cried oh the dreadful wind and rain

 

And he made a fiddle body of her breast bone

Oh the wind and the rain

Whose sound would melt a heart of stone

Cried oh the dreadful wind and rain

But the only tune that the fiddle would play

Was oh the wind and rain

The only tune that the fiddle would play

Was oh the dreadful wind and rain

This is a typical American version. In many of the Scottish versions a harper comes along and makes a harp from various body parts. It sounds grotesque, of course, but the point is to restore her voice. The harp then tells the take of the woman's murder. The reason for the murder is almost always sisterly jealousy.

It is possible to make perfectly good sounding fiddles out of molded plastic. In the spirit of brain Jello™ moulds, one could design and manufacture a Two Sisters Fiddle. The basic fiddle body would be bone white in color, with some (plastic) gristle, veins, etc. clinging to it here and there. The pegs would be (plastic) finger bones, the neck could look like it was made of vertebrae . . . etc. I'd definitely want one as a novelty item, but given the hidebound quality of the violin world, I doubt it will ever happen.