Loreena Mckennitt - The Bonny 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 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 pa**ing 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, a**embled 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