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Loreena McKennitt - The Bonny Swans Lyrics

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

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