Discover the story of the song > Cruel Sister – Pentangle

The song tells the story of two sisters who lived near the sea. A knight came to woo them, but he loved the younger sister more. The older sister became jealous and threw the younger sister into the sea to drown. Musicians later made a harp out of the younger sister's bones and hair, which played a sad song about the older sister's cruel actions when they tried to play it.