As towards the sea will tumble restless stone

Two sisters bathed in river broad

As winter's frost had recently thawed

The elder's hair grew to her knees

The young remembers all that she sees

As towards the sea will tumble restless stone

Though charged unto the younger tend

The elder swam to shore again

The young succumbed to current strong

And to the river, she now belongs

As towards the sea will tumble restless bone

Tell not our mother I've been drowned

Oh, say instead I'm joyfully wed

These willows weeping bridesmaids proud

Tall banks the aisle down which I'm led

Towards my love eternal, cold hard stone