Loreena Mccennitt The Bonney Swans Lyrics

The Bonney Swans Lyrics

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 tru 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 some 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 swmi so bonny o
They placed
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