Loreena McKennitt - The Bonny Swans

Loreena McKennitt - The Bonny Swans A farmer there lived in the north country, A hey ho and me bonny o And he had daughters one, two, three, The swans swim so bonny o These daughters they walked by the river's brim A hey ho and me bonny o The eldest pushed the youngest in The swans swim so bonny o. Oh sister, oh sister, pray lend me your hand A hey ho and me bonny o And I will give you house and land The swans swim so bonny o I'll give you neither hand nor glove A hey ho and me bonny o Unless you give me your own true love The swans swim so bonny o. Sometimes she sank, sometimes she swam A hey ho and me bonny o Until she came to a miller's dam The swans swim so bonny o The miller's daughter, dressed in red A hey ho and me bonny o She went for some water to make her bread The swans swim so bonny o. O father, o daddy, here swims a swan A hey ho and me bonny o It's very like a gentle woman The swans swim so bonny o They laid her on the bank to dry A hey ho and me bonny o There came a harper passing by The swans swim so bonny o. He made harp pins of her fingers fair A hey ho and me bonny o He made harp strings of her golden hair The swans swim so bonny o He made a harp of her breast bone A hey ho and me bonny o And straight it began to play alone The swans swim so bonny o. He brought it to her father's hall A hey ho and me bonny o And there was the court assembled all The swans swim so bonny o He laid the harp upon the stone A hey ho and me bonny o And straight it began to play alone The swans swim so bonny o. There does sit my father, the King A hey ho and me bonny o And yonder sits my mother the Queen The swans swim so bonny o And there does sit my brother Hugh A hey ho and me bonny o And by him William, sweet and true The swans swim so bonny o. And there does sit my false sister Anne A hey ho and me bonny o Who drowned me for the sake of a man The swans swim so bonny o.

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